Immediate and long-term relationship between severe maternal morbidity and health-related quality of life: a prospective double cohort comparison study

Table 3 Comparison of physical quality of life between women with and without severe maternal morbidity at 1-month and 6-month postpartum using RM ANOVA

Groups	number	Desc Mean^a (SD^b)			EMM^c (95 % CI^d)			F stat^e	P value^g
Groups	number	1-month	6-month	Diff.	1-month	6-month	Diff.	(df ^f)
SMM	145	43.3 (5.30)	54.9 (3.55)	11.6	43.2 (42.15, 44.21)	55.0 (54.49, 55.59)	11.8	0.388 (1, 325)	0.534
Non-SMM	187	43.7 (6.79)	55.3 (2.86)	11.6	43.8 (42.94, 44.73)	55.2 (54.71, 55.66)	11.4	0.388 (1, 325)	0.534

Abbreviation: SMM severe maternal morbidity
^a Descriptive mean
^bStandard deviation
^cEstimated marginal mean
^dConfidence interval
^eF statistic
^fDegree of freedom
^gGroup-time interaction of repeated measure analysis of variance (Model assumptions met). Adjusted for age, parity, duration of hospital stay, period of gestation and mental health

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