Gestational age was determined by the patient’s last
menstrual period (LMP) and, when available, confirmed
by the first trimester ultrasound. The sample size was
determined based on previous studies and the study was
performed on 210 women referring to Afzalipour Hospital
for their labor, consisting of 140 women with adequate
care and 70 with inadequate care.
After determination of descriptive statistics (central
and dispersion indices), data were analyzed using SPSS
software version 15. The Chisquare test was used to
compare the outcome of pregnancy between the two
groups. P value ≤ 0.05 was considered as significant and
the power of statistical test was 80%.