An exploratory study to evaluate the utility of an adapted Mother Generated Index (MGI) in assessment of postpartum quality of life in India

Nagpal, Jitender; Dhar, Rinku Sen Gupta; Sinha, Swati; Bhargava, Vijaylakshmi; Sachdeva, Aarti; Bhartia, Abhishek

doi:10.1186/1477-7525-6-107

Table 5 Regression analysis: Statistical correlates of Mother Generated Index^α

From: An exploratory study to evaluate the utility of an adapted Mother Generated Index (MGI) in assessment of postpartum quality of life in India

	Primary Index score				Secondary Index score
	Univariate (n = 195)		Multivariate ^ω (n = 172) ^§		Univariate (n = 195)		Multivariate ^ψ (n = 172) ^§
	β-value	p-value	β-value	p-value	β-value	p-value	β-value	p-value
Mother's Age	0.070(-0.072–0.213)	0.241	0.028(-0.096–0.151)	0.567	0.037(-0.091–0.164)	0.471	0.030(-0.078–0.139)	0.481
No. of Physical problems	-0.127(-0.202–0.051)	0.010	-0.150(-0.267–0.033)	0.024	-0.146(-0.342–0.050)	0.107	-0.164(-0.382–0.054)	0.104
Primi/Multi	-0.135(-0.408–0.139)	0.243	-0.054(-0.667–0.558)	0.818	-0.334(-0.705–0.038)	0.067	-0.054(-0.817–0.709)	0.854
BMI	0.077(0.012–0.142)	0.030	0.022(-0.059–0.103)	0.496	0.073(0.002–0.144)	0.047	0.064(-0.038–0.165)	0.157
KS Score*	0.056(0.006–0.106)	0.036	0.049(-0.026–0.123)	0.143	0.014(-0.049–0.077)	0.574	-0.009(-0.163–0.146)	0.884
EPDS Score ^¶	-0.074(-0.121–0.027)	0.012	-0.055(-0.098–0.012)	0.024	-0.085(-0.150– -0.020)	0.022	-0.090(-0.156– -0.023)	0.020
Operative delivery vs. others ^β	0.337(-0.611–1.286)	0.379	-0.060(-0.554–0.435)	0.755	-0.130(-1.288–1.029)	0.771	-0.371(-1.448–0.706)	0.393
Hospital vs. Non Institutional ^π	0.127(-0.459–0.714)	0.579	0.108(-0.562–0.778)	0.678	-0.175(-1.040–0.690)	0.604	-0.067(-0.595–0.462)	0.744
Working vs. not working ^μ	0.261(-0.769–1.291)	0.521	-0.465(-1.179–0.249)	0.145	-0.276(-1.874–1.322)	0.657	-0.331(-2.966–2.303)	0.745
Premature babies ^δ	0.608(-1.500–2.717)	0.468	0.558(-1.007–2.123)	0.378	0.351(-1.816–2.519)	0.676	0.457(-1.078–1.992)	0.455
Days Since Birth ^γ	0.001(-0.004–0.006)	0.599	0.000(-0.002–0.001)	0.607	-0.001(-0.009–0.007)	0.741	2.99E(-0.005–0.005)	0.999

^ωR² = 0.197 (Model: Primary Index score = Mother's Age + total number of physical problems + parity + Body Mass Index + Kuppuswamy socioeconomic class score + Edinburgh Postnatal depression Scale score + Operative delivery vs. others + Hospital vs. Non Institutional + Working vs. not working + premature babies + Days since birth)
^αData is presented as cluster adjusted mean difference in total MGI score(95% CI)
^ψR² = 0.148 (Model: Secondary Index score = Mother's Age + total number of physical problems + parity + Body Mass Index + Kuppuswamy socioeconomic class score + Edinburgh Postnatal depression Scale score + Operative delivery vs. others + Hospital vs. Non Institutional + Working vs. not working + premature babies + Days since birth)
^§ For 23 subjects EPDS could not be filled due to refusal of consent. *Kuppuswamy socioeconomic class score (Continuous variable)
^¶ Edinburgh Postnatal depression Scale score (Continuous variable)
^β Cesarean Section vs. Vaginal delivery (Including NVD, NVD with Episiotomy, Forceps Delivery, Vacuum Delivery)
^π Hospital vs. Non Institutional delivery (includes nursing home, government health center and individual practitioner clinic).
^μPresently working mothers vs not working
^δ Preterm babies (defined as < 37 weeks) vs term
^γ Time elapsed since birth at the time of questionnaire administration rounded of to the nearest day.

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