Participants
A total of 392 pregnant women were included in the study and they were randomly assigned into two groups. The mean age of participants in the ‘trans-labial plus vaginal examination’ group was 27.59 (SD = 6.24) years, and it was 27.49 (SD =6.44) years for the ‘vaginal examination only’ group. There were no significant differences between the two groups in terms of age. Also, there were no significant differences in mothers’ education (Baseline characteristics of the study sample** All values are frequency and (percentage) except for those indicated as mean and standard deviation**Derived from t-test***Derived from Chi-squared