Investigating the effect of relationship satisfaction on postpartum women's health-related quality of life in Burkina Faso: a cross-sectional analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The period following childbirth poses physiological, physical, social and psychological challenges to women that may affect their quality of life. Few studies in Africa have explored women's health-related quality of life (HrQoL) and its determinants in postpartum populations, including the quality of women's relationships with their male partners. We investigated whether relationship satisfaction was associated with better HrQoL among postpartum women in Burkina Faso, 8 months after childbirth.

Methods

We analysed data from 547 women from the control arm of a randomised controlled trial in Burkina Faso. The study outcome was a woman's HrQoL, assessed using the cross-culturally validated WHOQOL-BREF tool, with response categories adapted for Burkina Faso. The ex

SUBMITTER: Lokubal P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8413953 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature