Highlights
- •Younger age at first delivery is a risk factor for poor health-related quality of life in menopausal women.
- •A greater number of deliveries is a risk factor for poor health-related quality of life in menopausal women.
- •We used data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys.
Abstract
Objectives
The study investigated the association between childbirth history and health-related
quality of life (QOL) in menopausal South Korean women.
Study design
Cross-sectional analysis of data from the 2010–2012 Korean National Health and Nutrition
Examination Surveys (KNHANES) for 4277 menopausal women aged over 50. We used the
EuroQol index to measure health-related QOL.
Main outcome measures
The relationship between delivery history and health-related QOL in menopausal South
Korean women was analyzed.
Results
After adjustment for age (model 1), women who were younger at their first delivery
and who had a greater number of deliveries had a significantly higher risk of problems
with mobility, self-care, usual activities and pain or discomfort; the risk of anxiety
or depression was not increased. After adjustment for age, BMI, smoking, use of alcohol,
exercise, income, education, marital status, metabolic syndrome and stress (model
2), women who were younger at their first delivery and who had a greater number of
deliveries had a significantly higher risk of problems with mobility, self-care and
pain or discomfort. Age at last delivery was not significantly associated with health-related
QOL in either model.
Conclusions
South Korean women who were younger at their first delivery and who had more deliveries
appear to be at increased risk of health-related QOL problems after menopause.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: July 04, 2016
Accepted:
July 1,
2016
Received in revised form:
June 21,
2016
Received:
May 11,
2016
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