An exploratory study to evaluate the utility of an adapted Mother Generated Index (MGI) in assessment of postpartum quality of life in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given the postulated advantages of mother generated index (MGI) in incorporating the patients' viewpoint and in the absence of a validated India specific postpartum quality of life assessment tool we proposed to evaluate the utility of an adapted Mother-Generated-Index in assessing postpartum quality of life (PQOL) in India.

Methods

The study was integrated into a community survey conducted in one district of Delhi by two-stage cluster randomized sampling to recruit women who delivered in the last 6 months. PQOL was assessed using MGI. Physical morbidity and Edinburgh- postnatal-depression-scale (EPDS) were also recorded for validation purposes.

Results

All subjects (249 of 282 eligible) participating in the survey were approached for the MGI evaluation whi

SUBMITTER: Nagpal J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2651123 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature