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Determinants of Maternal Health-Related Quality of Life after Childbirth: The Generation R Study
Having good health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is essential, particularly for women after childbirth. However, little is known about its determinants. We aimed to identify the determinants of HRQoL after childbirth in a large community sample in the Netherlands. We have included 4312 women in th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6765914/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31487782 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183231 |
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author | Bai, Guannan Korfage, Ida J Mautner, Eva Raat, Hein |
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description | Having good health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is essential, particularly for women after childbirth. However, little is known about its determinants. We aimed to identify the determinants of HRQoL after childbirth in a large community sample in the Netherlands. We have included 4312 women in the present study. HRQOL was assessed by a 12-Item Short Form Survey (SF-12) at around two months after childbirth; Physical and Mental Component Summary scores were calculated. Information on 27 potential determinants of HRQoL was collected through questionnaires and medical records. Multivariate linear regression models were applied to assess significant determinants of physical and mental HRQoL. Our study showed that older maternal age, shorter time since childbirth, elective/emergency cesarean delivery, loss of energy, maternal psychopathology, and the hospital admission of the infant were significantly associated with worse physical HRQoL (p < 0.05); older maternal age, non-western background, low household income, loss of energy, and maternal psychopathology were significantly associated with worse mental HRQoL (p < 0.05). We identified multiple determinants of suboptimal physical and mental HRQoL after childbirth. In particular, maternal psychopathology after childbirth was profoundly associated with mental HRQoL. These women may need support. We therefore call for awareness among health care professionals. |
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spelling | pubmed-67659142019-09-30 Determinants of Maternal Health-Related Quality of Life after Childbirth: The Generation R Study Bai, Guannan Korfage, Ida J Mautner, Eva Raat, Hein Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Having good health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is essential, particularly for women after childbirth. However, little is known about its determinants. We aimed to identify the determinants of HRQoL after childbirth in a large community sample in the Netherlands. We have included 4312 women in the present study. HRQOL was assessed by a 12-Item Short Form Survey (SF-12) at around two months after childbirth; Physical and Mental Component Summary scores were calculated. Information on 27 potential determinants of HRQoL was collected through questionnaires and medical records. Multivariate linear regression models were applied to assess significant determinants of physical and mental HRQoL. Our study showed that older maternal age, shorter time since childbirth, elective/emergency cesarean delivery, loss of energy, maternal psychopathology, and the hospital admission of the infant were significantly associated with worse physical HRQoL (p < 0.05); older maternal age, non-western background, low household income, loss of energy, and maternal psychopathology were significantly associated with worse mental HRQoL (p < 0.05). We identified multiple determinants of suboptimal physical and mental HRQoL after childbirth. In particular, maternal psychopathology after childbirth was profoundly associated with mental HRQoL. These women may need support. We therefore call for awareness among health care professionals. MDPI 2019-09-04 2019-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6765914/ /pubmed/31487782 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183231 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Bai, Guannan Korfage, Ida J Mautner, Eva Raat, Hein Determinants of Maternal Health-Related Quality of Life after Childbirth: The Generation R Study |
title | Determinants of Maternal Health-Related Quality of Life after Childbirth: The Generation R Study |
title_full | Determinants of Maternal Health-Related Quality of Life after Childbirth: The Generation R Study |
title_fullStr | Determinants of Maternal Health-Related Quality of Life after Childbirth: The Generation R Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Determinants of Maternal Health-Related Quality of Life after Childbirth: The Generation R Study |
title_short | Determinants of Maternal Health-Related Quality of Life after Childbirth: The Generation R Study |
title_sort | determinants of maternal health-related quality of life after childbirth: the generation r study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6765914/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31487782 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183231 |
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