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Table 7 Association between SF-12-MCS and potential determinants in mothers: Results of multivariable linear regression analysis

From: Determinants of maternal health four weeks after delivery: cross-sectional findings from the KUNO-kids health study

Mothers (n = 1031)

 

MCS-12#

 Independent variables

B (CI95%)

SE(B)

β

p

Constant

43.63

5.13

 

< 0.01

(33.56;53.70)

   

Age (years)

0.12

0.07

0.05

0.09

(− 0.02;0.26)

   

Health insurance

0.14

0.79

0.01

0.86

(−1.40;1.68)

   

Education less than 10 years

0.01

1.21

0.00

1.00

(−2.36;2.37)

   

Education 10 years

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Education more than 10 years

2.27

0.66

0.10

< 0.01

(0.98;3.56)

   

Employment before maternity leave

−0.27

0.98

−0.01

0.78

(−2.20;1.66)

   

Migration background

−1.13

1.06

−0.03

0.28

(−3.20;0.94)

   

Subjective position within society (Mac-Arthur scale)

0.10

0.25

0.01

0.70

(−0.39;0.59)

   

F-sozu-Score

1.20

0.58

0.06

0.04

(0.06;2.34)

   

Drinking alcohol during pregnancy

−2.13

2.31

−0.02

0.36

(−6.68;2.41)

   

Smoker lifetime (> 100 cigarettes)

−0.36

0.57

−0.02

0.53

 

(−1.47;0.75)

   

Social and emotional strains

−4.16

0.67

−0.17

< 0.01

(−5.48;-2.84)

   

PSI-personal limitation

−0.68

0.10

−0.25

< 0.01

(−0.87;-0.49)

   

PSI-parental competence

−0.70

0.11

−0.23

< 0.01

(−0.92;-0.47)

   

PSI-parent-child bond

−0.17

0.11

−0.05

0.13

(−0.38;0.05)

   

Healthy diet

0.49

0.56

0.02

0.39

(−0.62;1.59)

   

Regular physical activity

0.03

0.58

0.00

0.95

(−1.10;1.17)

   

History of psychiatric diseases

−1.19

0.89

−0.04

0.18

(−2.95;0.56)

   

History of somatic diseases

0.35

0.57

0.02

0.54

(−0.77;1.47)

   

First Child

0.64

0.63

0.03

0.31

(−0.59;1.88)

   

VAS child

0.07

0.03

0.06

0.03

(0.01;0.13)

   
  1. R2 = 0.32
  2. F = 25.74
  3. #mental component score of the short form 12 questionnaire