Table 1.
Socio-demographic, Obstetric and Urogynecologic Characteristics of Nurses and Civil Servants
| Nurses (n=158) | Civil Servants (n=105) | Statistics | ||||
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| Characteristics | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | p |
| Age (years) | 33.6 | 7.1 | 38.7 | 5.4 | -6.21 | 0.006 |
| BMI | 22.5 | 3.9 | 25.4 | 6.5 | -4.66 | 0.001 |
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| Educational level | ||||||
| High school | - | - | 28 | 26.7 | ||
| University | 141 | 89.2 | 68 | 64.8 | 47.19 | <0.001 |
| Graduate | 17 | 10.8 | 9 | 8.6 | ||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 94 | 59.5 | 72 | 68.6 | 0.17 | 0.086 |
| Single | 64 | 40.5 | 33 | 31.4 | ||
| BMI groups | ||||||
| ≤24.9 kg/m2 | 126 | 80.3 | 56 | 53.3 | ||
| 25.0–29.9 kg/m2 | 22 | 14.0 | 31 | 29.5 | 21.01 | <0.001 |
| 30.0–34.9 kg/m2 | 10 | 5.7 | 17 | 16.2 | ||
| Working unit | ||||||
| Medical units | 39 | 24.7 | 12 | 11.4 | 82.66 | <0.001 |
| Surgical units | 91 | 57.6 | 27 | 25.7 | ||
| Polyclinics | 16 | 10.1 | 4 | 3.8 | ||
| Administrative unit | 12 | 7.6 | 62 | 59.1 | ||
| Parity | ||||||
| None | 76 | 48.1 | 28 | 26.7 | ||
| One | 43 | 27.2 | 36 | 34.3 | 13.45 | 0.001 |
| Two and above | 39 | 24.7 | 41 | 39.0 | ||
| Delivery method * | ||||||
| Vaginal | 23 | 28.1 | 40 | 51.9 | 24.63 | <0.001 |
| Cesarean | 53 | 64.6 | 20 | 26.0 | ||
| Vaginal+ Cesarean | 6 | 7.3 | 17 | 22.1 | ||
| UI during pregnancy * | ||||||
| Yes | 16 | 19.5 | 21 | 27.3 | 0.33 | 0.16 |
| No | 66 | 80.5 | 56 | 72.7 | ||
| Postpartum UI * | ||||||
| Yes | 12 | 14.6 | 31 | 40.3 | 11.95 | 0.001 |
| No | 70 | 85.4 | 46 | 59.7 | ||
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; UI, urinary incontinence; t, independent sample- T test; X2, Pearson chi-square test.
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nnurses=82, ncivil ssrvants=77