Table 3.
Correlations between Birth Memory and Recall Scale score and Traumatic Birth Perception Scale score
| x̄ ± SD | M (Min-Max) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.Total score of PTCS | 74.3 ± 27.7 | 76 (0- 130) | 1.000 | |||||||
| 2.Total score of BirthMARQ | 4.0 ± 0.8 | 4 (2- 6.3) | 0.306** | 1.000 | ||||||
| 3.Emotional memory | 2.7 ± 1.5 | 2.3 (1–7) | 0.171** | 0.245** | 1.000 | |||||
| 4.Ambivalent emotional memory | 4.2 ± 1.8 | 4 (1–7) | 0.206** | 0.413** | 0.308** | 1.000 | ||||
| 5.Centrality of memory | 4.8 ± 1.5 | 5 (1–7) | 0.123* | 0.518** | − 0.078 | 0.204** | 1.000 | |||
| 6.Coherence and reliving | 4.2 ± 1.3 | 4 (1–7) | 0.219** | 0.729** | − 0.013 | 0.078 | 0.159** | 1.000 | ||
| 7.Sensory memory | 4.0 ± 1.5 | 4 (1–7) | 0.056 | 0.575** | − 0.101 | 0.019 | 0.189** | 0.346** | 1.000 | |
| 8.Recall | 3.3 ± 2.0 | 3 (1–7) | 0.283** | 0.579** | 0.026 | 0.159** | 0.232** | 0.364** | 0.241** | 1.000 |
PTCS:Perception of Travmatic Childbirth Scale. BirthMARQ: The Birth Memories and Recall Questionnaire. x̄: Mean. SD: Standard deviation. M: Median. Min: Minimum value. Max: Maximum value
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01