Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Stern, C; Trapp, EM; Mautner, E; Deutsch, M; Lang, U; Cervar-Zivkovic, M.
The impact of severe preeclampsia on maternal quality of life.
Qual Life Res. 2014; 23(3):1019-1026
Doi: 10.1007/s11136-013-0525-3
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- Führende Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Stern Christina
- Trapp Eva-Maria
- Co-Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Cervar-Zivkovic Mila
- Lang Uwe
- Mautner Eva
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- Abstract:
- Preeclampsia (PE) is a serious life event that can change women's psychological profile. The aim of this study was to evaluate the physical and mental health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in women after PE and the impact of contributing factors. Ninety-five women who had suffered from PE answered the Short-Form-12 Health Survey on general state of health. Comparison was made with the reference values and among the study cohorts, namely mild (14.7 %), severe (74.7 %) and superimposed PE (10.5 %). Medical parameters were evaluated as additional factors, and age served as covariate. Quality of mental life was significantly worse in all patients (p < 0.01), especially in those after severe PE (p < 0.01) compared to the reference range. These women demonstrated significantly worse results than those affected by the mild form (p = 0.03). Women who had had superimposed PE were neither physically nor mentally impaired compared to the standard population values (p = 0.94 and p = 0.90, respectively). After controlling for medical parameters and age, differences remained statistically significant. Multiparous women scored significantly worse on the mental scale than primiparous (p = 0.02), and pregnant women scored significantly worse than non-pregnant women on the physical level (p = 0.04). This study shows that women who have suffered from severe PE are substantially reduced in their mental quality of life. An extensive medical care including HR-QoL parameters might improve pregnancy outcome.
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- Adult -
- Analysis of Variance -
- Austria - epidemiology
- Cohort Studies -
- Delivery, Obstetric - methods
- Female -
- Humans -
- Linear Models -
- Maternal Welfare -
- Parity -
- Pre-Eclampsia - epidemiology
- Pre-Eclampsia - psychology
- Pregnancy -
- Pregnancy Complications - epidemiology
- Pregnancy Outcome -
- Pregnancy Trimesters -
- Prenatal Diagnosis - methods
- Quality of Life -
- Reference Values -
- Severity of Illness Index -
- Sickness Impact Profile -
- Surveys and Questionnaires -
- Young Adult -
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- Health-related quality of life
- Hypertensive pregnancy disorders
- Mild preeclampsia
- Severe preeclampsia