Functional status of women with and without severe maternal morbidity: A prospective cohort study

Autor: Abd Aziz Aniza, Nik Hussain Nik Hazlina, Mohd Noor Norhayati
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Women and Birth. 29:443-449
ISSN: 1871-5192
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2016.02.002
Popis: BackgroundLittle is known regarding the impact on maternal functional status in women who have survived severe obstetric complications.ObjectiveTo compare the maternal functional status score between women with and without severe morbidity at one month and six months postpartum in Kelantan, Malaysia.MethodsA prospective cohort study design was applied at two tertiary referral hospitals over a six-month period. The study population included all postpartum women who gave birth in 2014. Postpartum women with severe maternal morbidity and without severe maternal morbidity were selected as the exposed and non-exposed group, respectively. Functional ability based on the Inventory of Functional Status after Childbirth was used as the main outcome measure. Repeated measure analysis of variance was performed.ResultsA total of 145 and 187 women with and without severe maternal morbidity, respectively, were measured. There were significant differences in Inventory of Functional Status after Childbirth score changes (P
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