Results
Of the 751 primiparous women who were approached 119
were excluded and 80 refused to participate (see Figure 1).
There were no significant differences in the sociodemographic
characteristics of women who participated
and those who refused based on the chi-square test at
p-value < 0.05 (Table 1).
Of the 552 participants, 452 were assessed at 8–12 weeks
postpartum and 100 were lost to follow up (see Figure 1).
There were no significant differences in the sociodemographic
characteristics of women who were assessed
and those who were lost in follow up