Table 1.
Socio-demographic and maternity characteristics of participants by trimester of pregnancy
| Variables | First trimester n = 100 |
Second trimester n = 100 |
Third trimester n = 100 |
All trimesters N = 300 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | |||||
| Age (y) | 25.8 ± 5.1 | 27.2 ± 5.7 | 26.5 ± 4.5 | 26.54 ± 5.17 | 0.17 |
| Gravida | 1.72 ± 1 | 1.83 ± 1.1 | 1.91 ± 1.1 | 1.82 ± 1.09 | 0.47 |
| Para | 0.63 ± 0.9 | 0.69 ± 0.92 | 0.74 ± 0.94 | 0.69 ± 0.92 | 0.70 |
| Living child | 0.59 ± 0.86 | 0.66 ± 0.92 | 0.73 ± 0.93 | 0.66 ± 0.90 | 0.55 |
| Occupation | N (%) | ||||
| Housewife | 80(80) | 80(80) | 86 (86) | 246 (82) | 0.32 |
| Employee | 20 (20) | 20 (20) | 14 (14) | 54 (18) | |
| Education | |||||
| Primary | 5 (5) | 12 (12) | 7 (7) | 24 (8) | 0.65 |
| Secondary | 12 (12) | 9 (9) | 8 (8) | 29 (9.7) | |
| Diploma | 44 (44) | 42 (42) | 44 (44) | 130 (43.3) | |
| University | 39 (39) | 37 (37) | 41 (41) | 117 (39) | |
| Economic situation | |||||
| Weak | 21 (21) | 21 (21) | 17 (17) | 59 (19.7) | 0.67 |
| Moderate | 72 (72) | 67 (67) | 71 (71) | 210 (70) | |
| Good | 7 (7) | 12 (12) | 12 (12) | 31 (10.3) | |
| Education of spouse | |||||
| Illiterate | 1 (1) | 7 (7) | 1 (1) | 9 (3) | 0.11 |
| Primary | 6 (6) | 4 (4) | 6 (6) | 16 (5.3) | |
| Secondary | 15 (15) | 16 (16) | 11 (11) | 42 (14) | |
| Diploma | 44 (44) | 31 (31) | 42 (42) | 117 (39) | |
| University | 34 (34) | 42 (42) | 40 (40) | 116 (38.6) | |
| Results of anomaly screening | |||||
| Normal | 66 (66) | 95 (95) | 93 (93) | 254 (84.7) | < 0 .0001 |
| Suspicious or did not perform | 34 (34) | 5 (5) | 7 (7) | 46 (15.3) | |
| History of infertility | 8 (8) | 4 (4) | 15 (15) | 27 (9) | 0.023 |
| Problems in the current pregnancy | |||||
| Yes | 25 (25) | 19 (19) | 35 (35) | 79 (26.3) | 0.097 |
| No | 75 (75) | 81 (81) | 65 (65) | 221 (73.6) | |
| If COVID-19 pandemic increased women’s anxiety | |||||
| No | 34 (34) | 23 (23) | 22 (22) | 79 (26.3) | 0.102 |
| Yes | 66 (66) | 77 (77) | 78 (78) | 221 (73.6) | |