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Table 3 Women’s perceptions of the risk of each maternal health outcome before and after vaginal and cesarean delivery

From: Effect of mode of delivery on perceived risks of maternal health outcomes among expectant parents: a cohort study in Beijing, China

Maernal health outcome

Cesarean delivery (n = 138)

Vaginal delivery (n = 126)

Median (IQR) %

Median (IQR) %

 

Before

After

p-value‡

Before

After

p-value‡

Wound infection

30 (10, 50)

10 (0, 30)

<0.001

10 (0, 20)

20 (10, 30)

0.01

Chronic abdominal pain

30 (10, 50)

20 (0, 40)

0.04

10 (0, 20)

10 (0, 20)

0.55

Long-term perineal pain

0 (0, 10)

0 (0, 0)

0.01

10 (0, 29)

10 (0, 20)

0.65

Pelvic organ prolapse

0 (0, 20)

0 (0, 10)

0.28

10 (0, 30)

10 (0, 20)

0.54

Urinary incontinence

10 (0, 20)

0 (0, 10)

<0.001

10 (0, 30)

0 (0, 18)

0.04

Fecal incontinence

0 (0, 10)

0 (0, 0)

<0.001

0 (0, 20)

0 (0, 10)

0.36

Abdominal adhesions

13 (0, 40)

10 (0, 30)

0.20

0 (0, 10)

0 (0, 10)

0.86

Dyspareunia

0 (0, 20)

5 (0, 20)

0.95

10 (0, 25)

10 (0, 24)

0.65

Sexual dissatisfaction

0 (0, 10)

0 (0, 10)

0.23

20 (0, 40)

10 (0, 20)

0.03

Negative impact on the couple’s relationship

0 (0, 10)

0 (0, 0)

0.01

0 (0, 10)

0 (0, 10)

0.96

Limitations to daily life/work activities

8 (0, 20)

0 (0, 10)

0.06

0 (0, 0)

0 (0, 10)

0.46

Negative impact on mental health

0 (0, 20)

0 (0, 10)

0.007

0 (0, 10)

0 (0, 10)

0.83

  1. ‡p-value for Wilcoxon signed rank test, before versus after delivery.
  2. IQR: interquartile range.