Table 2. Means and standard deviations of QOL in the third trimester of pregnancy and postpartum based on delivery mode.
| Domains | QOL scores in Pregnancy | QOL scores in postpartum | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cesarean | VD† | p-value | Cesarean | VD† | p-value | |
| M(SD) | M(SD) | M(SD) | M(SD) | |||
| Physical | 64.01(17) | 61.47(17.26) | 0.121 | 69.63(14.98) | 72.32(15.83) | 0.084 |
| Psychological | 64.14(15.6) | 62.79(17.7) | 0.668 | 62.73(16.4) | 65.88(17.9) | 0.047* |
| Social | 66.53(20.8) | 65.99(20.3) | 0.925 | 66.8(18.3) | 71.67(19.4) | 0.030* |
| Environmental | 69.26(13.8) | 68.08(15.6) | 0.742 | 66.55(15) | 69.53(15) | 0.066 |
| Global | 66.89(13) | 65.45 (14.4) | 0.425 | 67 (13) | 69.93 (14.2) | 0.033* |
Statistical differences: * p<0.05; † Vaginal delivery