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Table 4 Comparison of SF-12 mental quality of life between women with and without severe maternal morbidity at 1-month and 6-month postpartum using ANOVA

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

 

1-month

6-month

SF-12

SMM

(n = 145)

Non-SMM

(n = 187)

P valuea

SMM

(n = 145)

Non-SMM

(n = 187)

P valuea

 

mean

(SDb)

mean

(SDb)

 

mean

(SDb)

mean

(SDb)

 

VT

52.5

(6.28)

54.4

(6.78)

0.007

58.2

(5.32)

59.6

(4.79)

0.008

SF

50.5

(6.17)

50.9

(6.87)

0.596

56.6

(2.20)

56.1

(4.95)

0.281

RE

51.9

(6.92)

51.4

(7.88)

0.554

55.8

(1.56)

56.2

(0.86)

0.008

MH

55.3

(5.53)

56.1

(5.91)

0.231

58.8

(2.81)

58.9

(3.47)

0.806

Overall MCS

56.1

(5.43)

56.8

(6.39)

0.280

57.8

(2.13)

58.1

(2.67)

0.270

  1. Abbreviations: SMM severe maternal morbidity, VT vitality, SF social functioning, RE role limitations due to emotional problems, MH mental health, MCS mental component summary
  2. aAnalysis of variance
  3. bStandard deviation