Life-course impact of child maltreatment on midlife health-related quality of life in women: longitudinal mediation analysis for potential pathways.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We examined (1) if child maltreatment (CM) is associated with lower health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and fewer quality-adjusted life years (QALY) over a 9-year follow-up of midlife women and (2) if adulthood psychosocial mediators could explain these associations.

Methods

Women (n = 342) completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Longitudinal HRQoL and QALY outcomes measured at five study visits include 36-item Short-Form Health Survey mental component score and physical component score and the Short Form-6 Dimension health index. Aims 1 and 2 were investigated by generalized estimating equations and sequential structural nested mean models, respectively.

Results

Twenty percent reported 2+ CM types. Compared with women without CM, women who experience

SUBMITTER: Lin HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7153694 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature