Table 1.

Socio-demographic, Obstetric and Urogynecologic Characteristics of Nurses and Civil Servants

	Nurses (n=158)		Civil Servants (n=105)		Statistics
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
	n	%	n	%	X2	p
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.

^*n_nurses=82, n_{civil ssrvants}=77