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Table 5 Relationship satisfaction

From: Pregnancy-related low back pain and pelvic girdle pain approximately 14 months after pregnancy – pain status, self-rated health and family situation

Relationship satisfaction

All subjects

No pain1

Recurrent pain (LBP/PGP)2

Continuous pain (LBP/PGP)3

P-value4

Non-respondents

1 vs. 2

1 vs. 3

2 vs. 3

 

p-value5

Number of subjects (%)

176 (100.0)

34 (19.3)

115 (65.3)

27 (15.3)

   

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Before pregnancy Q1

 Very good

137 (78.3)

28 (82.4)

88 (77.2)

21 (77.8)

0.784

0.905

0.860

12 (52.2)

0.021*

 Good

29 (16.6)

5 (14.7)

19 (16.7)

5 (18.5)

10 (43.5)

 Neither good or bad

6 (3.4)

1 (2.9)

4 (3.5)

1 (3.7)

1 (4.3)

 Bad

-

-

-

-

-

 Very bad

3 (1.7)

-

3 (2.6)

-

-

At 6 month post-partum Q2

 Very good

84 (48.3)

15 (44.1)

57 (50.4)

12 (44.4)

0.760

0.929

0.790

6 (25.0)

0.164

 Good

68 (39.1)

15 (44.1)

42 (37.2)

11 (40.7)

12 (50.0)

 Neither good or bad

20 (11.5)

4 (11.8)

12 (10.6)

4 (14.8)

6 (25.0)

 Bad

-

-

-

-

-

 Very bad

2 (1.1)

-

2 (1.8)

-

-

At 12 months post-partum Q3

 Very good

84 (48.3)

18 (52.9)

53 (46.5)

13 (50.0)

0.819

0.714

0.557

  

 Good

66 (37.9)

11 (32.4)

46 (40.4)

9 (34.6)

 Neither good or bad

16 (9.2)

4 (11.8)

9 (7.9)

3 (11.5)

 Bad

6 (3.4)

1 (2.9)

5 (4.4)

-

 Very bad

2 (1.1)

-

1 (0.9)

1 (3.8)

  1. Test for difference between groups at Q3 (Pearson’s chi-square).
  2. 1‘No pain’ denotes respondents reporting remission of LBP/PGP at Q3.
  3. 2‘Recurrent pain’ denotes respondents reporting recurrent LBP/PGP at approximately 14 months after pregnancy at Q3.
  4. 3‘Continuous pain’ denotes respondents reporting continuous LBP/PGP at approximately 14 months after pregnancy at Q3.
  5. 4‘No pain’ vs. ‘Recurrent pain’, ‘No pain’ vs. ‘Continuous pain’ and ‘Recurrent pain vs. ‘Continuous pain’.
  6. 5Non-respondents vs. respondents.
  7. *Significance test p<0.05.