Cultural differences in postnatal quality of life among German-speaking women – a prospective survey in two countries

Grylka-Baeschlin, Susanne; van Teijlingen, Edwin; Gross, Mechthild M

doi:10.1186/1471-2393-14-277

Table 5 Association between MGI scores and variables relating to care during pregnancy and labour

From: Cultural differences in postnatal quality of life among German-speaking women – a prospective survey in two countries

Associations between MGI scores and care during pregnancy & labour		Total sample	German hospital	Swiss hospital
Information during pregnancy ¹
MGI primary score 3 days	n	117	68	49
MGI primary score 3 days	r, p	0.21, 0.02*	−0.05, 0.72	0.49, <0.001*
MGI secondary score 3 days	n	110	65	45
MGI secondary score 3 days	r, p	0.16, 0.10	−0.02, 0.89	0.43, <0.01*
MGI primary score 7 weeks	n	81	44	37
MGI primary score 7 weeks	r, p	0.12, 0.29	−0.04, 0.82	0.24, 0.15
MGI secondary score 7 weeks	n	72	39	33
MGI secondary score 7 weeks	r, p	0.10, 0.43	0.03, 0.87	0.16, 0.38
Birth experience ¹
MGI primary score 3 days	n	118	71	47
MGI primary score 3 days	r, p	0.12, 0.20	0.04, 0.72	0.20, 0.18
MGI secondary score 3 days	n	112	68	44
MGI secondary score 3 days	r, p	0.17, 0.08	0.22, 0.08	0.06, 0.69
MGI primary score 7 weeks	n	81	44	37
MGI primary score 7 weeks	r, p	0.33, *<0.01*	0.41, < *0.01*	0.26, 0.12
MGI secondary score 7 weeks	n	71	39	32
MGI secondary score 7 weeks	r, p	0.34, *<0.01*	0.44, < *0.01*	0.23, 0.20
Epidural ²
MGI primary score 3 days	n	98	61	37
MGI primary score 3 days	t-test, p	−1.90, 0.06	−1.01, 0.32	−1.53, 0.14
MGI secondary score 3 days	n	94	58	36
MGI secondary score 3 days	U, p	770.00, 0.03*	340.50, 0.21	64.00, 0.13
MGI primary score 7 weeks	n	72	39	33
MGI primary score 7 weeks	t-test, p	−3.04, <0.01*	−1.26, 0.22	−3.16, <0.01*
MGI secondary score 7 weeks	n	64	34	30
MGI secondary score 7 weeks	U, p	278.00, 0.03*	136.50, 1.00	17.00, <0.01*
Private doctor ²
MGI primary score 3 days	n	117	69	48
MGI primary score 3 days	t-test, p	1.95, 0.05	−0.98, 0.33	2.61, 0.01*
MGI secondary score 3 days	n	111	66	45
MGI secondary score 3 days	U, p	716.00, 0.14	88.00, 0.84	206.00, 0.45
MGI primary score 7 weeks	n	80	42	38
MGI primary score 7 weeks	t-test, p	−0.35, 0.73	−0.93, 0.36	−0.31, 0.76
MGI secondary score 7 weeks	n	70	37	33
MGI secondary score 7 weeks	U, p	387.00, 0.94	13.00, 0.64	116.00, 0.61

¹Assessed three days and seven weeks after birth. The associations were computed with the MGI scores at the same time of assessment ²assessed in the questionnaire three days after birth. The associations were computed with the MGI scores at both stages of assessment, *significant associations at p <0.05.

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