A questionnaire to measure the quality of midwifery care in the postpartum period from women’s point of view: development and psychometric testing of MMAYpostpartum

Table 3 Group comparison variables

	Chacteristic applicable		Chacteristic not applicable
	n	%	n	%	p-value	Odds Ratio	lower	upper
Sociodemographic characteristics
Rural resident	123/252	48.8	114/230	49.6	.87	0.97	0.68	1.39
Born in Germany	318/633	50.2	29/71	40.8	.13	1.46	0.89	2.41
German native speaker	320/634	50.5	16/69	37.7	.04*	1.69	1.01	2.81
Professional qualification	337/689	48.9	10/15	66.7	.17	0.48	0.16	1.42
University entrance qualification	289/568	50.9	57/129	44.2	.17	1.31	0.89	1.92
Annual income > 2500 €	206/420	49	136/268	50.7	.66	0.93	0.69	1.27
Obstetric characteristics
Multipara	141/299	47.2	202/391	51.7	.24	0.84	0.62	1.13
Spontaneous vaginal birth	213/418	51	134/286	46.9	.29	0.85	0.63	1.15
Singleton	343/692	49.6	3/9^a	33.3	.33	1.20	0.49	7.92
Term birth	335/658	49.1	23/44	52.3	.68	0.88	0.48	1.62
Breastfeeding	254/511	49.7	93/190	48.9	.86	1.03	0.74	1.44
SF1^b	310/631	49.1	37/71	52.1	.63	0.89	0.54	1.50
Child’s health (at least good)	319/649	49.2	28/55	50.9	.80	1.07	0.62	1.86
Physical health postpartum (at least good)	157/312	50.3	189/390	48.5	.62	1.08	0.80	1.45
Mental health postpartum (at least good)	199/397	50.1	144/301	47.8	.55	1.10	0.81	1.48
Characteristics of care
Hospital birth	330/662	49.8	17/42	40.5	.24	0.68	0.36	1.29
High number of postpartum visits^c	141/302	46.7	206/402	51.2	.23	0.83	0.62	1.12
Long duration of care in weeks^c	91/197	46.2	256/507	50.5	.31	0.84	0.61	1.17
Statutory health insurance.	244/486	50.2	103/2018	47.2	.47	0.89	0.65	1.22
Satisfaction with the number of postpartum visits	292/607	48.1	54/91	59.3	.046*	0.64	0.41	0.99
Negative annotations in free text fields	7/11	63.6	340/693	49.1	.34	0.55	0.16	1.90

* p < .05; ^aCell population too small to perform a valid X²-test,^b Self rates Health (SF1): excellent or very good; ^c above average

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