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. 2022 Jun 23;12:10717. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14508-z

Table 3.

Bivariate Pearson correlations between the dependent variables (PCL-5, CEQ-2) and sociodemographic, as well as obstetric and neonatal variables.

CEQ-2 total score CEQ-2 Own capacity CEQ-2 Perceived safety CEQ-2 Professional support CEQ-2 Participation PCL-5 total score PCL-5 Intrusion PCL-5 Avoidance PCL-5 Cognitions PCL-5 Arousal
Maternal age at birth − 0.05 − 0.1** − 0.04    0.01 − 0.05 − 0.01 − 0.05    0.01 − 0.00    0.03
BMI at birth    0.02    0.05 − 0.011    0.02 − 0.01    0.04    0.02    0.02    0.04    0.03
Oxytocin augmentation − 0.02 − 0.02 − 0.00 − 0.01    0.00    0.00    0.01    0.00    0.03 − 0.03
Induction of labor − 0.20** − 0.25**    0.18** − 0.07 − 0.12**    0.09*    0.13**    0.14**    0.05    0.07
Forceps − 0.14** − 0.18** − 0.13** − 0.03 − 0.08*    0.07    0.12**    0.05    0.06    0.02
Emergency caesarean − 0.27** − 0.31** − 0.28** − 0.16** − 0.16**    0.09*    0.17**    0.20**    0.06 − 0.00
Operative delivery − 0.31** − 0.33** − 0.30** − 0.12** − 0.13**    0.11    0.19**    0.151**    0.08*    0.03
Analgesiaa    8.00    14.8**    8.64**    1.97    1.78    2.34    3.51**    2.36    2.02    0.45
Birth weight    0.00    0.01    0.02    0.00 − 0.01 − 0.02 − 0.03    0.05 − 0.00 − 0.05
Low Apgar score < 7 at 1 min − 0.09* − 0.12** − 0.11** − 0.03 − 0.08*    0.05    0.07    0.08*    0.04 − 0.01
Low Apgar score < 7 at 5 min − 0.02 − 0.01 − 0.06    0.01 − 0.00 − 0.02    0.04    0.05 − 0.04 − 0.04
Apgar score at 5 min    0.81*    0.07    0.11**    0.02    0.07 − 0.05 − 0.1* − 0.09* − 0.03 − 0.01
NICU − 0.05 − 0.04 − 0.10**    0.00 − 0.02    0.11**    0.14**    0.152**    0.05    0.05
Violence or abuse in the two years preceeding the birth    0.06    0.03    0.04    0.07    0.02 − 0.12** − 0.06 − 0.03 − 0.14** − 0.09*
Civil status    0.08*    0.05    0.06    0.09*    0.07 − 0.04 − 0.00 − 0.00 − 0.04 − 0.05
Employmenta    1.61    1.15    1.57    20.3    1.22    3.39**    2.02    4.01**    3.05**    1.77
Number of sessions    0.04    0.04    0.06    0.01    0.01 − 0.05 − 0.05 − 0.02    0.02 − 0.09
Completion time from birth (j) − 0.18** − 0.13** − 0.14** − 0.15** − 0.17**    0.01    0.04    0.05    0.01 − 0.02

aOne-way ANOVA.

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.0.