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 |