Psychometric Evaluation of the Persian Version of the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ)

Table 1

Demographic and obstetric characteristics of the postpartum women.

Demographic and obstetric characteristics	(250)	(%)
Education
High school or lower	103	41.2
College or higher	147	58.8
Occupation
Employed	209	83.5
Home-maker	23	9.2
Self-employed	18	7.2
Abortion history
Yes	48	19.2
No	202	80.8
Oxytocin augmentation
Yes	169	67.6
No	81	32.4
Labor duration longer than 12 hours
Yes	67	26.8
No	183	73.2
Type of childbirth
Spontaneous vaginal	243	97.2
Instrumental	7	2.8
Perineal status after birth
Tears (grade 1 and 2)	63	25.2
Episiotomy	187	74.8
Hospital type
Public	211	84.4
Private	39	15.6
	Mean	SD
Maternal age (years)	26	3
Gestational age (weeks)	38.5	1.3