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Table 4 Comparison of pregnant women’s score in performance domains based on demographic characteristics (n = 180)

From: Knowledge, attitude, performance, and determinant factors of Vitamin D deficiency prevention behaviours among Iranian pregnant women

 

Performance domains Score n (%)

 

Eating foods containing vitamin D

Being exposed to sunlight to get

vitamin D

Age (Years)

Poor(< 1.33)

Moderate(1.34–3.66)

Good(> 3.67)

Poor(< 1.33)

Moderate(1.34–3.66)

Good(> 3.67)

 < 18

0(0.0)

5(62.5)

3(37.5)

1(12.5)

6(75)

1(12.5)

 18–35

3(1.9)

90(58.1)

62(40)

6(3.9)

121(78.1)

28(18.1)

 35<

0(0.0)

9(52.9)

8(47.1)

0(0.0)

16(94.1)

1(5.9)

 P Value

0.931

0.365

Education

 less than high

0(0.0)

17(63)

10(37)

0(0.0)

20(74.1)

7(25.9)

 school high school

2(2.2)

55(59.1)

36(38.7)

4(4.3)

74(79.6)

15(16.1)

 Academic degree

1(1.7)

32(53.3)

27(45)

3(5)

49(81.7)

8(13.3)

 P Value

0.919

0.576

Job

 Unemployed

3(2)

92(60.1)

58(37.9)

5(3.3)

120(78.4)

28(18.3)

 employed

0(0.0)

11(42.3)

15(57.7)

2(7.7)

22(84.6)

2(7.7)

 Others

0(0.0)

1(100)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

1(100)

0(0.0)

 P Value

0.194

0.348

Parity status

 Nulliparous

3(2.7)

62(55.9)

46(41.4)

7(6.3)

87(78.4)

17(15.3)

 One child

0(0.0)

34(60.7)

22(39.3)

0(0.0)

45(80.4)

11(19.6)

 2 or more Children

0(0.0)

8(61.5)

5(38.5)

0(0.0)

11((84.6)

2(15.4)

 P Value

0.815

0.368

Gestational trimester

 1

1(4.2)

14(58.3)

9(37.5)

0(0.0)

20(83.3)

4(16.7)

 2

1(1.9)

33(61.1)

20(37)

4(7.4)

40(74.1)

10(18.5)

 3

1(1)

57(55.9)

44(43.1)

3(2.9)

83(81.4)

16(15.7)

 P Value

0.652

0.585

Residential place

 Apartment

2(1.5)

75(56.4)

56(42.1)

7(5.3)

105(78.9)

21(15.8)

 House

1(2.1)

29(61.7)

17(36.2)

0(0.0)

38(80.9)

9(19.1)

 P Value

0.671

0.270

  1. * Using chi-square test
  2. P values < 0.05 are considered statistically significant