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26-12-2017

The relationships between timing of first childbirth, parity, and health-related quality of life

Auteurs: Sangshin Park, Nam-Kyong Choi

Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 4/2018

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Abstract

Purpose

A few studies have investigated the relationship between age at first childbirth and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This study examined the relationship between age at first childbirth and HRQoL and whether parity mediates this timing of the first childbirth–HRQoL relationship in women aged 50 years or above.

Methods

The study population included 5146 parous women ≥ 50 years in the cross-sectional survey, the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2010–2012. HRQoL was evaluated by the EuroQol five-dimensional descriptive system. Participants were grouped according to quartiles of age at first childbirth (ranges: 13–21, 22–23, 24–25, and 26–44 years). This study used linear regression analysis to examine the relationship between age at first childbirth and HRQoL and on each dimension. Mediation analysis was used to examine the contribution of age at first childbirth to HRQoL and to each dimension.

Results

This study found the increasing pattern of HRQoL across quartiles of age at first childbirth (P for trend = 0.030). Odds of problems in self-care and anxiety/depression dimensions significantly increased across the quartiles. Women with later age at first childbirth tended to have better HRQoL (B = 0.352, P = 0.003); parity significantly contributed to this relationship. Decreasing parity accounted for 33.5% of the relationship between late first childbirth and increased HRQoL. Early age at first childbirth significantly increased odds of the mobility problem through increasing parity.

Conclusions

Women of an early age at first childbirth tended to have lower HRQoL through giving more deliveries. Our findings suggest that more attention needs to be given to women with early pregnancy and more delivery to prevent impaired HRQoL.
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Titel
The relationships between timing of first childbirth, parity, and health-related quality of life
Auteurs
Sangshin Park
Nam-Kyong Choi
Publicatiedatum
26-12-2017
Uitgeverij
Springer International Publishing
Gepubliceerd in
Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 4/2018
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-017-1770-7