Quality of Life after an Episode of Severe Maternal Morbidity: Evidence from a Cohort Study in Brazil
Table 3
Mean values of SF36 fourth domain scores (general health) according to some maternal and delivery characteristics.
Characteristics
Mean
SD
n
p-value
Maternal age (y)
0.239
≤ 19
57.50
17.01
40
20-29
63.34
20,69
333
30-39
64.17
21.31
330
≥ 40
62.76
19.95
83
Number of pregnancies
0.394
1
63.09
20.81
204
≥ 2
61.53
20.94
420
Schooling (years)
0.001
Up to 8
59.38
20.87
242
Above 8
64.61
20.61
496
Ethnicity
0.356
White
63.99
20.98
388
Nonwhite
62.69
20.47
398
Marital status
0.013
Without a partner
57.81
19.77
103
With a partner
62.85
20.98
519
Time since delivery (y)
0.398
< 1
61.26
19.76
111
1 - <2
63.57
20.95
274
2 - ≥3
63.74
20.84
401
Route of delivery
<0.001
Vaginal
67.89
20.46
278
Cesarean section
60.85
20.49
499
Child outcome
0.308
Alive
63.55
20.91
685
Neonatal death
59.20
19.81
20
Sex of the child
0.440
Male
64.03
20.67
408
Female
62.64
21.09
358
Any morbid condition
57.68
20.76
374
<0.001
Hypertensive disorders
52.39
19.56
116
<0.001
Obesity
58.83
21.26
126
0.008
Diabetes
47.84
19.21
32
<0.001
Smoking
60.00
18.84
40
0.300
Cardiac Disease
55.09
18.87
23
0.076
Respiratory Disease
48.52
20.47
23
0.001
Renal Disease
57.06
22.73
16
0.235
Sickle cell/thalassemia
57.22
26.52
9
0.538
HIV/AIDS
45.50
18.44
6
0.040
Thyroid disease
55.79
21.97
33
0.052
Neurological disease
61.10
21.92
20
0.628
Collagenoses
55.67
22.08
12
0.200
Neoplasia
61.50
30.18
8
0.867
Nonparametric test: Mann-Whitney. Missing information for a: 15 cases; b: 177; c: 63; d: 179; e: 24; f: 96; g:35; h: 26; i:16 cases. Values in bold mean that they are statistically significant (p<0.05).
