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

Table 5 Comparison of mental 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 (df ^f)	P value^g
Groups	number	1-month	6-month	Diff.	1-month	6-month	Diff.	F stat^e (df ^f)	P value^g
SMM	145	56.1 (5.43)	57.8 (2.13)	1.7	56.2(55.20, 57.29)	57.9 (57.43, 58.29)	1.7	0.177 (1, 325)	0.674
Non-SMM	187	56.8 (6.39)	58.1 (2.67)	1.3	56.8 (55.85, 57.66)	58.0 (57.67, 58.42)	1.2	0.177 (1, 325)	0.674

Abbreviation: SMM severe maternal morbidity
^aDescriptive mean
^bStandard deviation
^cEstimated marginal mean
^dConfidence interval
^e F 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 social support

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