Table 4.

Protective factors associated with PPF: binary logistic regression adjusted for sociodemographic factors†

	Fatigue at 10 days	Fatigue at 1 month	Fatigue at 3 months
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Partner details
Single mother	1.19 (0.87 to 1.62)	1.22 (0.86 to 1.71)	0.82 (0.50 to 1.33)
Score for partner help PN‡	1.00 (0.98 to 1.03)	1.05 (1.02 to 1.08)**	1.12 (1.08 to 1.16)***
Days of paternity leave	1.01 (1.00 to 1.02)	1.02 (1.00 to 1.03)*	1.01 (1.00 to 1.03)
Midwife support
Number of times saw an MW at home	1.03 (1.00 to 1.07)	1.02 (0.98 to 1.06)	1.00 (0.95 to 1.06)
Age of baby at last visit (per additional day)	1.00 (1.00 to 1.00)	1.00 (1.00 to 1.00)	1.01 (1.00 to 1.01)***
Would have liked to see an MW…
More often	1 (ref)
Less often	0.73 (0.49 to 1.09)	0.87 (0.57 to 1.35)	0.68 (0.37 to 1.23)
Saw MW as much as wanted	0.81 (0.67 to 0.97)*	0.76 (0.62 to 0.92)**	0.68 (0.52 to 0.88)**
Received enough help and advice about baby’s…
Crying	0.79 (0.60 to 1.04)	0.69 (0.51 to 0.93)*	0.99 (0.65 to 1.50)
Sleeping	0.82 (0.62 to 1.10)	0.81 (0.59 to 1.10)	0.50 (0.33 to 0.76)**
Feeding	0.77 (0.63 to 0.95)*	0.86 (0.69 to 1.07)	0.92 (0.68 to 1.23)

*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.

†Adjusted for maternal age, parity, Index of Multiple Deprivation, ethnicity and age left full-time education.

‡Score for partner help: changing baby’s nappy, supporting feeding, helping when the baby cries, bathing the baby and playing with the baby; each scored 1–4 and summed (high score=more support).

MW, midwife; PN, postnatally; PPF, postpartum fatigue; ref, reference group.