Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants
Groups | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Intervention | Control | |
Age (Mean ± S.D.) | 35.50±3.44 | 33.70±2.24 | 0.730 |
Husband’s age (Mean ± S.D.) | 37.22±3.71 | 37.25±3.64 | 0.960 |
Disease duration (Mean ± S.D.) | 8.1±0.13 | 7.89±0.24 | 0.420 |
Education | |||
Elementary | 22.50% | 34.20% | 0.690 |
Diploma | 58.50% | 51.50% | |
Bachelor or more | 19% | 14.3% | |
Job | |||
Housewife | 61.10% | 65.70% | 0.680 |
Employed | 38.90% | 34.30% | |
Economic status | |||
Poor | 11.50% | 8.50% | 0.930 |
Medium | 75% | 77% | |
Good | 13.50% | 14.50% | |
Smoking | |||
Yes | 14% | 14.50% | 0.960 |
No | 86% | 85.50% | |
History of medicine use | |||
Yes | 86.50% | 83% | 0.700 |
No | 13.50% | 17% | |
Number of children | |||
0 | 66% | 62% | 0.760 |
1 | 25% | 29.50% | |
Two or more | 9% | 8.50% | |
Type of childbirth | |||
NVD | 48.30% | 49.53% | 0.941 |
C.S. | 51.70% | 50.47% | |