Quality of Life after an Episode of Severe Maternal Morbidity: Evidence from a Cohort Study in Brazil

Table 2

Median and mean values for SF36 domain scores for groups with and without severe maternal morbidity (means with SD).

SF-36 Domains	SMM Group				Group Without Morbidity				p-value
	Med	Mean	SD	N	Med	Mean	SD	N
Domain 1:
Physical functioning	80	75.17	22.38	381	90	83.02	18.26	415	<0.001
Domain 2:
Role-limiting physical	100	65.64	40.77	382	100	77.22	35.48	417	<0.001
Domain 3:
Pain	61	59.52	24.90	381	62	63.36	22.97	415	0.018
Domain 4:
General health	57	59.05	21.07	376	67	67.24	19.63	409	<0.001
Domain 5:
Vitality	55	51.81	21.68	381	55	54.52	21.25	411	0.110
Domain 6:
Social functioning	75	67.04	27.28	380	75	70.79	25.69	410	0.063
Domain 7:
Role-limiting emotional	75	58.90	44.47	382	100	63.61	43.01	417	0.127
Domain 8:
Mental Health	56	56.16	21.91	382	60	58.41	22.92	410	0.108

MNM: maternal near miss; PLTC: potentially life-threatening condition.
Student’s t-test.