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. 2018 Nov;33(6):497–505. doi: 10.5001/omj.2018.91

Table 4. The percentage of the Farsi Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire (W-DEQ) items and the means of six factors.

Factors and Cronbach’s alpha coefficients Item number and item Not at all Strongly agree
0 1 2 3 4 5 Mean
Lack of self-efficacy (0.866) 13. Not content 18.8 13.4 22.0 23.4 14.4 8.0 2.2
10. Not independent 14.6 14.3 22.9 25.6 13.9 8.7 2.3
9. Not protected 20.4 16.5 17.5 23.7 13.7 8.3 2.1
5. Not confident 13.6 12.7 21.7 28.6 15.4 8.1 2.4
14. Not proud 18.3 12.9 14.6 23.2 13.5 17.5 2.5
17. Not relaxed 16.6 11.1 18.3 30.2 13.2 10.7 2.4
18. Not happy 26.1 15.3 14.9 21.5 13.2 9.0 2.0
23. Not reassured 23.4 17.9 21.2 23.2 10.1 5.1 1.9
22. Not self-confidence 20.6 15.4 21.5 24.8 10.8 6.9 2.1
4. Not strong 13.7 13.3 22.2 30.3 13.3 7.3 2.3
Subscale mean 2.2 ± 1.0
Lack of positive anticipation (0.739) 28. Not joyful 61.5 20.3 6.3 4.0 3.3 4.6 0.8
21. Not eager to bear child 56.0 20.2 6.3 3.4 6.1 8.0 1.0
29. Not natural 34.3 19.7 15.2 11.1 9.6 10.1 1.7
30.Not happen as expected 31.0 21.9 18.8 16.1 6.6 5.6 1.6
Subscale mean 1.3 ± 1.1
Loneliness (0.757) 15. Left alone 38.7 13.1 16.0 12.9 7.3 12.1 1.7
11. Miserable 29.8 19.0 17.8 13.7 10.8 8.9 1.8
8. Weak 19.8 20.4 20.6 16.7 10.2 12.3 2.1
7. Abandoned 37.9 15.1 14.5 12.4 8.5 11.6 1.7
3. Lonely 33.1 15.8 16.5 11.9 9.2 13.5 1.8
2. Terrifying 19.9 14.8 24.6 15.0 13.1 12.6 2.2
20. Hopeless 34.1 19.3 20.2 10.8 7.7 7.9 1.6
31. Dangerous 24.7 14.3 21.2 13.9 10.6 15.3 2.1
Subscale mean 1.9 ± 1.1
Fear (0.659) 19. Frightened 5.6 10.2 20.2 18.8 23.0 22.0 3.0
6. Fearful 11.8 17.8 23.2 17.0 14.1 16.2 2.5
24. Painful 10.9 16.0 24.6 14.5 16.4 17.6 2.6
16. Not cold-blooded 12.6 10.5 15.3 28.5 17.2 15.9 2.7
12. Nervous 18.7 16.4 22.5 16.4 14.9 11.1 2.2
Subscale mean 2.6 ± 1.0
Concerns for the child (0.898) 32. Child will die 53.3 11.0 8.3 13.6 6.0 7.8 1.3
33. Child will be hurt 45.2 13.1 12.1 13.1 6.5 10.0 1.5
Subscale mean 1.4 ± 1.6
Concerns about losing control (0.559) 27. Lose control 26.2 19.2 19.0 12.8 8.6 14.2 2.0
25. Act awfully 29.1 16.3 19.3 13.0 9.0 13.2 1.9
26. Not let body to control 32.8 18.4 15.3 17.0 8.2 8.2 1.7
Subscale mean 1.9 ± 1.2
Total (0.875) (32 items) 2.04