Table 3.
Global quality of life (QOLS) according to severity of NVP among the total population and selected sub-populations of study participants
| QOLS | PUQE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Mild | Moderate | Severe | p-valuea | |
| Mean of total score (95% CI) | Mean of total score (95% CI) | Mean of total score (95% CI) | Mean of total score (95% CI) | ||
| Total study population (n = 712) | |||||
| QOLS score | 76.3 (74.5–78.0) | 80.1 (75.7–84.4) | 75.3 (73.7–77.0) | 73.4 (71.0–75.8) | 0.03 |
| Pregnant at time of participation (n = 447) | |||||
| QOLS score | 72.0 (70.4–73.7) | 80.3 (74.9–85.8) | 72.5 (70.6–74.4) | 67.2 (63.7–70.8) | < 0.001 |
| Pregnant and experiencing NVP at time of participation (n = 286) | |||||
| QOLS score | 68.1 (66.0–70.2) | 73.3 (68.9–77.6) | 67.0 (64.4–69.5) | 63.6 (56.2–71.0) | < 0.001 |
| New mother at time of participation (n = 264) | |||||
| QOLS score | 80.5 (78.5–82.5) | 79.4 (72.2–86.6) | 81.3 (78.8–83.8) | 79.6 (75.9–83.2) | 0.69 |
Abbreviations: QOLS, Quality of life scale; CI, confidence interval; PUQE, 24 h Pregnancy-Unique Quantification of Emesis. QOLS score among women in the general Norwegian population was 85 [14]
aANOVA. Bold p-values indicate statistically significant differences between the groups