Table 3 Responses on the "body sense" factor of the CBE-Scale at baseline and 5 years postpartum
From: A longitudinal study of women’s memories of their childbirth experiences at five years postpartum
Response after childbirth | Response after 5 years | Two-sample test | Concordance rate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | I don’t remember | ||||||
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |||
5. Did you feel that you were in control during childbirth? | ||||||||
Yes | 187 | (77.3) | 53 | (21.9) | 2 | (0.8) | < 0.001 | 58.3% |
No | 155 | (55.6) | 117 | (41.9) | 7 | (2.5) | ||
6. Did you feel that you had your own pace and rhythm during childbirth? | ||||||||
Yes | 260 | (74.9) | 84 | (24.2) | 3 | (0.9) | < 0.001 | 65.6% |
No | 89 | (50.6) | 83 | (47.2) | 4 | (2.3) | ||
7. Were you able to believe in yourself during childbirth? | ||||||||
Yes | 375 | (93.3) | 21 | (5.2) | 6 | (1.5) | < 0.001 | 77.9% |
No | 85 | (69.7) | 33 | (27.0) | 4 | (3.3) | ||
8. Were you able to express yourself in an honest way during the childbirth? | ||||||||
Yes | 457 | (92.1) | 39 | (7.9) | 0 | (0.0) | < 0.001 | 84.3% |
No | 48 | (56.5) | 33 | (38.8) | 4 | (4.7) | ||
9. Did you understand what was happening to your body during the childbirth? | ||||||||
Yes | 355 | (84.5) | 64 | (15.2) | 1 | (0.2) | < 0.001 | 75.0% |
No | 63 | (60.6) | 38 | (36.5) | 3 | (2.9) | ||
10. Were you at ease during the childbirth? | ||||||||
Yes | 167 | (72.6) | 60 | (26.1) | 3 | (1.3) | = 0.021 | 67.0% |
No | 109 | (36.9) | 185 | (62.7) | 1 | (0.3) | ||