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Table 10 Frequency and percentage of maternal responses regarding the subtheme of expecting difficulties in the future in each study group

From: Maternal pre and perinatal experiences with their full-term, preterm and very preterm newborns

Study Group

Difficulties in the future

Do not know

None

Some but will ask for help

Anticipates many difficulties

Do not want to think aboutit now

FT

0 (0%)

15 (30%)

30 (60%)

5 (10%)

0 (0%)

PT

8 (16%)

23 (46%)

8 (16%)

11 (22%)

0 (0%)

VPT

18 (36%)

10 (20%)

10 (20%)

1 (2%)

11 (22%)

Total

26 (18%)

48 (32%)

48 (32%)

17 (11%)

11 (7%)

  1. Note. FT Full-Term newborns, PT Preterm newborns, VPT Very Preterm newborns