Postnatal Quality of Life Assessment: Introducing the Mother‐Generated Index

Abstract

Quality of life of is a complex and personal area, affected by many different aspects of health and well-being. From this pilot study the primary index appears to be a useful step in assessing a mother's quality of life. It identifies which areas of her life are most important to her, and allows her to indicate where she would like to see improvements.

Einflussgrößen auf Zufriedenheit und Erleben in der Geburtshilfe

“…Dass Interventionen größerer und kleinerer Art einen meist negativen Einfluss auf das Geburtserleben haben, wurde von vielen Untersuchern bereits vorher bestätigt (Slade 1983, Kearney 1989, Bramadat 1990, Green 1990, Mackey 1990, Salmon 1992, Sald 1993, Waldenström 1996, Szeverenyi 1998, Saisto 2001, Söderquist 2002, Symon 2002, Schindl 2003. Bei manchen Autoren wird vor allem betont, dass insbesondere die Intervention unter Notfallbedingungen das Erleben sehr stark beeinträchtigt (Mould 1996 , Salmon & Drew 1992, Slade et al 1993, Mackey 1995, Hallgren et al 1995, Neuhaus 1996).…”

“…Bei manchen Autoren wird vor allem betont, dass insbesondere die Intervention unter Notfallbedingungen das Erleben sehr stark beeinträchtigt (Mould 1996 , Salmon & Drew 1992, Slade et al 1993, Mackey 1995, Hallgren et al 1995, Neuhaus 1996). (Green 1990, Mackey 1990, Slade 1993, Lowe 1993, Drummond 1996, Waldenström 1996, Symon 2002, Thompson 2002.…”

Design of a questionnaire for evaluating the quality of life of postpartum women (PQOL) in China

“…Symon et al designed the first specific QOL scale for postpartum women, the mother-generated index (MGI) in 2001 [24]. MGI is an open subjective self-administered scale.…”

Study of determinants of health status and quality of life in pregnancy

“…Mother-Generated Index -MGI i Maternal Postpartum Quality of Life -MAPP-QOL) [Symon 2002, Hill 2007, Webb 2008, Zubaran 2009], od kojih se prvi ispituje za upotrebu u poslednjem trimestru trudnoće [Symon 2008] i jedan instrument za ispitivanje uticaja nauzeje i povraćanja na HRQoL u prvom trimestru trudnoće (engl. Health-Related Quality of Life for Nausea and Vomiting during Pregnancy -NVPQOL) [Magee 2002].…”

“…Za razliku od drugih medicinskih oblasti u kojima postoji, slobodno se može reći, poplava specifičnih mernih instrumenata, u oblasti trudnoće ih je samo nekoliko, od kojih su dva dizajnirana za postpartalni period, a jedan za procenu nauzeje i povraćanja (NVP) u prva tri meseca trudnoće [Symon 2002[Symon , 2008. Ovi instrumenti nisu validirani za srpski jezik (Poglavlje 2.2.2.).…”