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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the studied groups

From: Insomnia and sleep quality among women during the perinatal period

Variables

Perinatal women % (n = 64)

Control % (n = 67)

P value

Age in years (Mean ± SD)

28.70 ± 5.61

30.58 ± 6.03

0.67

Residence

 Urban

51 (79.7)

50 (74.6)

0.49

 Rural

13 (20.3)

17 (25.4)

 

Socioeconomic status

 Low

14 (21.9)

21 (31.3)

 

 Moderate

47 (73.4)

39 (58.3)

0.18

 High

3 (4.7)

7 (10.4)

 

Marital status

 Married

63 (98.4)

63 (94.0)

 

 Widow

0 (0.0)

1 (1.5)

0.62

 Divorced

1 (1.6)

3 (4.5)

 

Number of children

 0–2

49 (76.6)

44 (65.7)

0.18

 >2

15 (23.4)

23 (34.3)

 

Education

 Illiterates

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

 ≤ 6 years of education

5 (7.8)

5 (7.5)

 

 6–12 years of education

26 (40.6)

35 (52.2)

0.39

 >12 years of education

33 (51.6)

27 (40.3)

 

Occupation

 Employed

42 (65.6)

38 (56.7)

0.29

Smoking

0.0

2 (3.0)

0.49

Caffeine use

46 (71.9)

50 (74.6)

0.72

Chronic illnesses

4 (6.3)

8 (11.9)

0.26

Medications

4 (6.3)

6 (9.0)

0.74

  1. Data presented as numbers and percentages (in parenthesis). P value is statistically significant at < 0.05
  2. There were no significant differences between the perinatal and control regarding the age, educational level, marital status, number of children, residence, economic status, or occupation. There was no statistically significant difference in the characteristics reported by the two groups. The two groups were matched when compared for the presence of chronic medical conditions and the use of drug