Results
In all, 446 healthy women were included in this study of
various factors that might affect women’s experience of delivery.
After all the women had completed the W-DEQ B
questionnaire, four of the questions remained unanswered.
According to the guidelines for the questionnaire, internal
missing data could be replaced by the group mean for the
unanswered question, which has been made.
44% (152/446) of the women belonged to the group with
a W-DEQ score≥ 66, which corresponds with a higher degree
of negative experience during delivery. The background
characteristics of the women included are presented in
Table 1. The mean age of the women was 30 years. No
differences were presented according to BMI (Body