Table 3 University Students’ awareness of most common cause of miscarriage
From: University students’ awareness of causes and risk factors of miscarriage: a cross-sectional study
Total | Lyfestyle, n (%) | Medical condition of mother, n (%) | Chromosomal abnormalities, n (%) | Psychological problems during pregnancy, n (%) | Incident during pregnancy, n (%) | Other, n (%) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 746 | 109 (14.6) | 177 (23.7) | 316 (42.4) | 43 (5.8) | 85 (11.4) | 16 (2.1) | |
Sex | ||||||||
Female | 577 | 78 (13.5) | 127 (22.0) | 251 (43.5) | 34 (5.9) | 73 (12.7) | 14 (2.4) | 0.060 |
Male | 169 | 31 (18.3) | 50 (29.6) | 65 (38.5) | 9 (5.3) | 12 (7.1) | 2 (1.2 | |
Age | ||||||||
≤ 20 | 173 | 38 (22.0) | 43 (24.9) | 54 (31.2) | 12 (6.9) | 23 (13.3) | 3 (1.7) | < 0.001 |
21–22 | 284 | 48 (16.9) | 75 (26.4) | 96 (33.8) | 25 (8.8) | 37 (13.0) | 3 (1.1) | |
≥ 23 | 289 | 23 (8.0) | 59 (20.4) | 166 (57.4) | 6 (2.1) | 25 (8.7) | 10 (3.5) | |
Marital status | ||||||||
Single | 617 | 103 (16.7) | 152 (24.6) | 232 (37.6) | 38 (6.2) | 79 (12.8) | 13 (2.1) | < 0.001 |
Other (married, cohabiting…) | 129 | 6 (4.7) | 25 (19.4) | 84 (65.1) | 5 (3.9) | 6 (4.7) | 3 (2.3) | |
Discipline | ||||||||
Medicine and Health | 238 | 29 (12.2) | 33 (13.9) | 143 (60.1) | 10 (4.2) | 20 (8.4) | 3 (1.3) | < 0.001 |
Arts and Social Science | 201 | 26 (12.9) | 50 (24.9) | 84 (41.8) | 9 (4.5) | 28 (13.9) | 4 (2.0) | |
Engineering & Food Science | 203 | 32 (15.8) | 63 (31.0) | 64 (31.5) | 17 (8.4) | 22 (10.8) | 5 (2.5) | |
Business and Commerce & Law | 104 | 22 (21.2) | 31 (29.8) | 25 (24.0) | 7 (6.7) | 15 (14.4) | 4 (3.8) | |
Known someone | ||||||||
Do not know anyone | 85 | 15 (17.6) | 30 (35.3) | 27 (31.8) | 4 (4.7) | 9 (10.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0.056 |
Myself, partner, family or friends | 489 | 69 (14.1) | 105 (21.5) | 214 (43.8) | 30 (6.1) | 61 (12.5) | 10 (2.0) | |
Celebrities | 100 | 12 (12.0) | 19 (19.0) | 52 (52.0) | 3 (3.0) | 10 (10.0) | 4 (4.0) | |
Rate of miscarriage | ||||||||
Underestimate rate | 295 | 42 (14.2) | 89 (30.2) | 107 (36.3) | 19 (6.4) | 34 (11.5) | 4 (1.4) | 0.022 |
Correct rate | 149 | 22 (14.8) | 30 (20.1) | 72 (48.3) | 3 (2.0) | 18 (12.1) | 4 (2.7) | |
Over-estimate rate | 296 | 44 (14.9) | 54 (18.2) | 136 (45.9) | 21 (7.1) | 33 (11.1) | 8 (2.7) | |