List | Items | Totally agree | Agree | Disagree | Totally disagree | ||||
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Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | ||
1 | I like vaginal childbirth because it is a natural and acceptable method of delivery. | 107 | 26.1 | 232 | 56.6 | 60 | 14.6 | 11 | 2.7 |
2 | It is enjoyable for a mother to see the newborn immediately after delivery. | 102 | 24.9 | 234 | 57.1 | 70 | 17.1 | 4 | 1 |
3 | Emotional bonds between mother and baby are better after a natural childbirth. | 106 | 25.9 | 214 | 52.2 | 80 | 19.5 | 10 | 2.4 |
4 | Mothers recover as soon as possible after a natural delivery. | 151 | 36.8 | 213 | 52 | 42 | 10.2 | 4 | 1 |
5 | I like natural childbirth because postpartum infections in vaginal delivery are lower. | 133 | 32.4 | 205 | 50 | 65 | 15.9 | 7 | 1.7 |
6 | I like natural childbirth because hospital stay after a vaginal delivery is lower. | 141 | 34.4 | 218 | 53.2 | 46 | 11.2 | 5 | 1.2 |
7 | Return to daily life activities occurs sooner after natural childbirth. | 137 | 33.4 | 219 | 53.4 | 52 | 12.7 | 2 | 0.5 |
8 | Breastfeeding after natural delivery is faster and easier. | 84 | 205 | 237 | 57.8 | 80 | 19.5 | 9 | 2.2 |
9 | Natural childbirth costs less than CS. | 142 | 34.6 | 209 | 51 | 51 | 12.4 | 8 | 2 |
10 | Due to anesthesia during CS, natural childbirth is much better. | 121 | 29.5 | 190 | 46.3 | 93 | 22.7 | 6 | 1.5 |
11 | If I knew about the complications of CS delivery, I would never demand for it. | 83 | 20.2 | 197 | 48 | 112 | 27.3 | 18 | 4.4 |
12 | I prefer natural delivery because I do not like the CS scars on my abdomen. | 89 | 21.7 | 208 | 50.7 | 95 | 23.2 | 18 | 4.4 |
13 | Natural childbirth has lower mortality risks for mothers. | 76 | 18.5 | 223 | 54.4 | 96 | 23.4 | 15 | 3.7 |
14 | Babies born through CS are healthier than those born via natural delivery. | 40 | 9.8 | 188 | 45.9 | 130 | 31.7 | 52 | 12.7 |
15 | Possibility of infant choking, head injury and dislocated limbs in babies born via natural childbirth is higher. | 15 | 3.7 | 153 | 37.3 | 190 | 46.3 | 52 | 12.7 |
16 | I prefer CS because women do not like the position of the mother on the labor bed. | 31 | 7.6 | 197 | 48 | 126 | 30.7 | 56 | 13.7 |
17 | CS compared with natural delivery is accompanied by less pain. | 67 | 16.3 | 185 | 45.1 | 108 | 26.3 | 50 | 12.2 |
18 | If you wish to do tubal ligation, CS is better. | 28 | 6.8 | 144 | 35.1 | 193 | 47.1 | 45 | 11 |
19 | CS prevents prolapsed uterus and bladder. | 14 | 3.4 | 155 | 37.8 | 173 | 42.2 | 68 | 16.6 |
20 | CS prevents deformation and malformation of female genital organs. | 20 | 4.9 | 149 | 36.3 | 168 | 41 | 73 | 17.8 |
21 | I believe that a mother has the right to feel free to do a CS. | 41 | 10 | 127 | 31 | 169 | 41.2 | 73 | 17.8 |
22 | I believe that CS should be performed when it is dangerous to have natural childbirth. | 11 | 2.7 | 37 | 9 | 174 | 42.4 | 188 | 45.9 |