Jung Hee Yeo; Nami Chun

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Influence of Childbirth Experience and Postpartum Depression on Quality of Life in Women after Birth: Jung Hee Yeo, Nami Chun; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2013;43(1):11-19.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2013.43.1.11
Published online: February 28, 2013

¹Department of Nursing, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea.

²Department of Nursing, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Chun, Nami. Department of Nursing, Sungshin Women's University, Unjung Green Campus Mia-dong Gangbuk-gu, Seoul 142-732, Korea. Tel: +82-10-5112-0724, Fax: +82-2-920-2092, nmchun@sungshin.ac.kr

• Received: April 19, 2012 • Accepted: September 13, 2012

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Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to identify influence of childbirth experience and postpartum depression on quality of life in women after birth.
Methods
Two hundred and eleven postpartum women were asked to complete the questionnaires on their childbirth experience during their admission and on their postpartum depression and quality of life between one to three weeks after birth. Initial data were collected from February 1 to May 30, 2011 at two obstetric hospitals in Busan, Korea. Data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and hierarchical multiple regression.
Results
The women's childbirth experience and postpartum depression were identified as factors influencing quality of life after birth. The model explained 50% of the variables.
Conclusion
Results suggest that childbirth educators should include strategies to increase a positive childbirth experience and to decrease postpartum depression in their education programs in order to improve women's quality of life.
Keywords: Quality of life; Parturition; Depression; Postpartum

This study was supported by the Dong-A University research fund in 2009.

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Table 1

Quality of Life in Women after Birth by Women's Characteristics (N=211)

^*M±SD=31.30±3.29; ^†n=205 (noted discrepancy in number due to 6 missing data).

Table 2

Descriptive Statistics of Main and Exogenous Variables (N=211)

Table 3

Correlation between Main, Exogenous Variables and Quality of Life (N=211)

Table 4

Factors Influencing Quality of Life in Women after Birth (N=205)

Reference group: ^*highschool; ^†no; ^‡no; ^§cesarean section; ^∥mixed.

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Influence of Childbirth Experience and Postpartum Depression on Quality of Life in Women after Birth

J Korean Acad Nurs. 2013;43(1):11-19. Published online February 28, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2013.43.1.11

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Influence of Childbirth Experience and Postpartum Depression on Quality of Life in Women after Birth

Table 1

Quality of Life in Women after Birth by Women's Characteristics (N=211)

^*M±SD=31.30±3.29; ^†n=205 (noted discrepancy in number due to 6 missing data).

Table 2

Descriptive Statistics of Main and Exogenous Variables (N=211)

Table 3

Correlation between Main, Exogenous Variables and Quality of Life (N=211)

Table 4

Factors Influencing Quality of Life in Women after Birth (N=205)

Reference group: ^*highschool; ^†no; ^‡no; ^§cesarean section; ^∥mixed.

Table 1 Quality of Life in Women after Birth by Women's Characteristics (N=211)

^*M±SD=31.30±3.29; ^†n=205 (noted discrepancy in number due to 6 missing data).

Table 2 Descriptive Statistics of Main and Exogenous Variables (N=211)

Table 3 Correlation between Main, Exogenous Variables and Quality of Life (N=211)