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dc.contributor.authorEmmanuel, Elizabeth N
dc.contributor.authorSun, Jing
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-27T01:30:52Z
dc.date.available2017-07-27T01:30:52Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.modified2014-01-08T05:13:39Z
dc.identifier.issn0962-1067
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jocn.12265
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/55366
dc.description.abstractAims and objectives. To investigate the significant features in health-related quality of life and to examine the changes over time over the perinatal period. Background. Health-related quality of life during the perinatal period is significant for women. Screening or surveillance during the perinatal period is inconsistent and often not part of continued assessment. Design. Prospective. Methods. Setting involved antenatal clinics at three public hospitals in metropolitan Brisbane, Australia. A total of 363 participants out of a cohort of 605 women completed all items of the Short Form-12 Health Survey in late pregnancy and again at 6 and 12 weeks postpartum. Results. There was a significant difference across the three perinatal time periods in all the health-related quality-of-life subscales. Significant improvements were noted from late pregnancy to 6 weeks following childbirth and again at 12 weeks particularly in physical health, role physical, bodily pain, vitality, role emotional and mental health. Even when maternal ages, partner status, parity, delivery type, ethnicity as confounding variables were introduced, significant improvements were noted. Maternal distress significantly related to almost all quality-of-life factors over time even when all possible confounding factors were controlled. Conclusion. Significant changes occur in health-related quality of life across the perinatal period. All dimensions of healthrelated quality of life except for social functioning and maternal distress showed marked improvement following childbirth. During this period, maternal distress was negatively related to health-related quality of life. Relevance to clinical practice. Nurses need to be mindful of the broader view of health as encompassed in health-related quality-of-life measures and the potential these have for alerting health professionals when providing care. More rigorous health assessment for mothers at risk is useful so that appropriate support and follow-up can be given.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1611
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1619
dc.relation.ispartofissue11-12
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Clinical Nursing.
dc.relation.ispartofvolume23
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPrimary health care
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth services and systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420319
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4203
dc.titleHealth related quality of life across the perinatal period among Australian women
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2013
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorSun, Jing


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