Table 1.

General characteristics of the sample

Age, in years, m ± SD		31.0 ± 5.5
Gestational age(in weeks), m ± SD		38.3 ± 1.9
Number of children, m ± SD		2.3 ± 1.5
Nationality, n(%)	Qatari	53(20.3%)
	Non-Qatari Arab	97(37.3%)
	Indian Subcontinent	58(22.2%)
	Philippines	33(12.6%)
	Other	20(7.7%)
Education level, n(%)	Illiterate	1(0.4%)
	Primary	7(2.8%)
	Secondary	68(26.8%)
	Bachelor Degree or Equivalent	152(59.8%)
	Masters' Degree or Equivalent	22(8.7%)
	PhD Degree or Equivalent	4(1.6%)
Mental health problems diagnosed in the past, n(%)	No	252(97.3%)
	Depression	2(0.8%)
	Anxiety	2(0.8%)
	Psychosis	0(0%)
	Obsessive compulsive disorder	1(0.4%)
	Other	1(0.4%)
	Multiple	1(0.4%)
Mental health treatment in the past, n(%)		8(3.1%)
Breastfed a child before, n(%)		166(83.8%)
Previous breast feeding problems, n(%)		29(23.4%)
Intention to breast feed, n(%)		220(83.3%)
Y-BOCS total score, m ± SD		3.4 ± 5.3

m mean, SD standard deviation, Y-BOCS Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale