Vaginal birth | Cesarean section | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
All | No episiotomy | Episiotomy | ||
Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | |
QOL weight | ||||
0–3 days postpartum | 0.57 (0.52, 0.61) | 0.68 (0.6, 0.75) | 0.51 (0.46, 0.56) | 0.28 (0.18, 0.38) |
3–7 days postpartum | 0.81 (0.78, 0.84) | 0.9 (0.87, 0.93)a | 0.76 (0.73, 0.8) | 0.59 (0.51, 0.67) |
21–30 days postpartum | 0.93 (0.92, 0.94) | 0.96 (0.95, 0.98)a | 0.92 (0.9, 0.93) | 0.85 (0.82, 0.89) |
QALDs (1–21 days postpartum) | 16.6 (16.2, 17.0) | 18.0 (17.5, 18.5) | 16.0 (15.5, 16.4) | 13.1 (12.0, 14.2) |
N | 178 | 58 | 120 | 46 |