Table 2 Participants’ demographic, obstetric & psychometric characteristics at baseline
Variables | Groups | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Intervention (n = 25) | Control (n = 25) | ||
Fathers’ level of educationa | |||
High school and lower | 17 (68) | 18 (72) | 0.577 |
Academic | 8 (32) | 7 (28) | |
Fathers’ occupation | |||
Self-employed | 22 (88) | 21 (84) | 0.648 |
employed | 3 (12) | 4 (16) | |
Number of childrena | |||
First-time father | 17 (68) | 14 (56) | 0.469 |
one | 8 (32) | 10 (40) | |
Two and more | 0 (0) | 1 (4) | |
Wanted pregnancya | |||
Yes | 23 (92) | 21 (84) | 0.384 |
No | 2 (8) | 4 (16) | |
Complicated pregnancy | |||
Yes | 2 (8) | 3 (12) | 0.637 |
No | 23 (92) | 22 (88) | |
History of recurrent miscarriagea | |||
Yes | 2 (8) | 1 (4) | 0.552 |
No | 23 (92) | 24 (96) | |
History of infertility in the couplesa | |||
Yes | 3 (12) | 4 (16) | 0.684 |
No | 22 (88) | 21 (84) | |
Type of previous deliverya | |||
Vaginal | 2 (8) | 5 (20) | 0.264 |
Cesarean | 4 (16) | 6 (24) | |
Vaginal and cesarean | 2 (8) | 0 (0) | |
First time pregnancy | 17 (68) | 14 (56) | |
Mothers’ fear of childbirth scoreb | 47.00 (18.43) | 48.52 (18.63) | 0.823 |
Fathers’ depression scoreb | 1.12 (2.45) | 0.80 (2.58) | 0.456 |
Fathers’ anxiety scoreb | 0.96 (1.74) | 0.56 (1.58) | 0.315 |
Fathers’ stress scoreb | 1.92 (3.23) | 2.32 (2.86) | 0.440 |