TABLE 2.
Mode of delivery by responses to the items in the FBS Birth Experience Scale, Pennsylvania, USA, 2009–2011
| Item | Overall N (%) |
Spontaneous Vaginal % |
Instrumental Vaginal % |
Planned Cesarean % |
Unplanned Cesarean % |
P* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive items | ||||||
| Proud of myself | 2298 (76.5) |
82.4 | 72.0 | 67.1 | 64.5 | < .001 |
| Delighted | 2774 (92.4) |
93.2 | 93.1 | 91.0 | 90.2 | .072 |
| Excited | 2816 (93.7) |
94.8 | 91.2 | 93.5 | 91.7 | .009 |
| On cloud nine | 2102 (70.4) |
72.0 | 68.1 | 74.2 | 66.4 | .022 |
| Calm | 1133 (37.3) |
39.6 | 35.2 | 36.8 | 33.9 | .052 |
| Thankful | 2901 (96.5) |
96.6 | 97.3 | 98.1 | 95.6 | .345 |
| Negative items | ||||||
| Disappointed | 279 (9.3) | 4.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 22.5 | < .001 |
| Sad | 449 (14.9) | 11.7 | 14.6 | 12.9 | 24.2 | < .001 |
| Angry | 110 (3.7) | 2.7 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 6.9 | < .001 |
| Upset | 457 (15.2) | 10.7 | 15.7 | 17.4 | 26.6 | < .001 |
| Like a failure | 209 (7.0) | 3.4 | 9.6 | 5.8 | 15.7 | < .001 |
| Traumatized | 477 (15.9) | 12.8 | 23.1 | 15.5 | 21.5 | < .001 |
| Sick | 597 (19.9) | 14.7 | 18.4 | 29.0 | 32.1 | < .001 |
| In Pain | 2361 (78.5) |
78.6 | 84.3 | 78.7 | 76.3 | .063 |
| Worried | 1962 (65.3) |
63.8 | 69.3 | 72.3 | 66.2 | .059 |
| Exhausted | 2830 (94.2) |
93.7 | 97.3 | 89.0 | 95.3 | .002 |
Note: Positive items were dichotomized, “extremely” and “quite a bit” versus “moderately”, “a little bit” and “not at all”; Negative items were dichotomized, “extremely”, “quite a bit”, “moderately” and “a little bit” versus “not at all”;
*
Chi-square analyses