Table 2.
Distribution of mean and standard deviation of awareness and health belief model constructs
| Model construct |
Type of birth
|
Significance level * | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Vaginal
|
Surgical
|
||
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | ||
| Awareness | 48.58 ± 11.20 | 35.34 ± 12.11 | ˂ 0.001 |
| Perceived sensitivity | 48.75 ± 11.62 | 41.37 ± 12.69 | ˂ 0.001 |
| Perceived intensity | 49.02 ± 10.08 | 44.02 ± 9.01 | ˂ 0.001 |
| Perceived barriers | 48.85 ± 9.66 | 37.80 ± 8.41 | ˂ 0.001 |
| Perceived benefits | 56.78 ± 9.67 | 49.91 ± 8.07 | ˂ 0.001 |
| Perceived self-efficacy | 33.98 ± 14.95 | 28.02 ± 12.55 | 0.025 |
*
T-test