Trajectories and predictors of women's health-related quality of life during pregnancy: A large longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to identify distinct trajectories and their predictors of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of women during pregnancy in a prospective mother and child cohort. Analyses were based on 3936 Dutch pregnant women in Rotterdam area, the Netherlands. Information on potential predictors was collected in early pregnancy by questionnaire. Latent Class Mixture Modelling and Multinomial Logistic Regression were applied to assess the trajectory and predictors of HRQOL during pregnancy. HRQOL was measured by SF-12 in early, mid- and late pregnancy; physical and mental component summary (PCS-12/MCS-12) scores were calculated. Four physical HRQOL trajectories were identified: a healthy trajectory ('healthy') in 63.3%, consistently low ('vulnerable') in 10.8%; a small

SUBMITTER: Bai G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5882096 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature