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Table 2 Relationship between the demographic and background characteristics of the subjects with anxiety

From: Evaluation of factors related to maternal anxiety during pregnancy among women referred to Tabriz primary care centers

 

Anxiety

 

characteristics

Yes

No

P-value

Age, n (%)

  

0.659*

<20 years

10 (27.0)

27 (73.0)

 

21–30 years

100 (35.1)

185 (64.9)

 

31–40 years

74 (36.6)

128 (63.4)

 

≥41 years

4 (44.4)

5 (55.6)

 

Marriage age, n (%)

  

0.473*

<20 years

90 (37.0)

153 (63.0)

 

21–30 years

92 (34.6)

174 (65.4)

 

31–40 years

6 (25.0)

18 (75.0)

 

Age difference of the couple, n (%)

  

0.128*

Same age

20 (43.5)

26 (56.5)

 

<5 years

79 (31.3)

173 (68.7)

 

6–10 years

77(39.9)

116 (60.1)

 

≥11 years

12 (28.6)

30 (71.4)

 

Education, n (%)

  

0.070*

Some high school education

14 (31.1)

31 (68.9)

 

High school graduate

93 (40.8)

135 (59.2)

 

University

53 (30.8)

119 (69.2)

 

Education of husband, n (%)

  

0.733*

Some high school education

49 (33.3)

98 (66.7)

 

High school graduate

81 (37.2)

137 (62.8)

 

University

58 (34.5)

110 (65.5)

 

Job, n (%)

  

0.103*

Housewife

175 (36.4)

306 (63.6)

 

Employed

13 (25.0)

39 (75.0)

 

Husband’s job, n (%)

  

0.281**

Unemployed

3 (50.0)

3 (50.0)

 

Worker

23 (28.0)

59 (72.0)

 

Employee

31 (41.3)

44 (58.7)

 

Other

131 (35.4)

239 (64.6)

 

Income, n (%)

  

0.015*

Sufficient

4 (26.7)

11 (73.3)

 

Somewhat Sufficient

121 (31.8)

260 (68.2)

 

Insufficient

61 (45.2)

74 (54.8)

 

Gestational age (week)

37.0 (30.0–38.0)

37.0 (29.3–38.0)

0.544***

Parity, n (%)

  

0.501*

First pregnancy

72 (37.1)

122 (62.9)

 

Not the first pregnancy

116 (34.2)

223 (65.8)

 

Severe pregnancy vomiting, n (%)

19 (48.7)

20 (51.3)

0.068*

History of fetal or infant death, n (%)

50 (35.7)

90 (64.3)

0.899*

History of preterm delivery, n (%)

24 (51.1)

23 (48.9)

0.018*

History of dystocia, n (%)

6 (40.0)

9 (60.0)

0.697*

History of preeclampsia, n (%)

2 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

0.124**

History of gestational diabetes, n (%)

18 (46.2)

21 (53.8)

0.140*

Uintended pregnancy, n (%)

49 (44.5)

61 (55.5)

0.022*

Family history of OCD, n (%)

1 (25.0)

3 (75.0)

0.999**

Sleep disorders, n (%)

10 (47.6)

11 (52.4)

0.227*

  1. *P-value by chi-squared test
  2. **P-value by Fisher’s exact test
  3. ***P-value by Mann-Whitney U test