Validation of alternative indicators of social support in perinatal outcomes research using quality of the partner relationship.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To test alternatives to the current research and clinical practice of assuming that married or partnered status is a proxy for positive social support.

Background

Having a partner is assumed to relate to better health status via the intermediary process of social support. However, women's health research indicates that having a partner is not always associated with positive social support.

Design

An exploratory post hoc analysis focused on posttraumatic stress and childbearing was conducted using a large perinatal database from 2005-2009.

Methods

To operationalize partner relationship, four variables were analysed: partner ('yes' or 'no'), intimate partner violence ('yes' or 'no'), the combination of those two factors, and the woman's appraisal of the quali

SUBMITTER: Kruse JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4321943 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature