Mulubrhan F. Mogos|Euna M. August|Abraham Salinas?Miranda|Dawood H. Sultan|Hamisu M. Salihu
A Systematic Review of Quality of Life Measures in Pregnant and Postpartum Mothers
University of South Florida|University of South Florida|University of South Florida|University of South Florida|University of South Florida
quality life emerged essential health component broadens traditionally narrow concerns focused morbidity life expectancy although growing number tools measure quality life circulation lack guidelines well rigorous assessment use pregnant postpartum populations also unclear whether instruments could validly employed measure patientreported outcomes comparative effectiveness research maternal care interventions paper reviews articles cited cinahl cochrane embase psycinfo pubmed addressed quality life pregnant postpartum populations instruments used measure quality life selected articles assessed adherence international guidelines health outcomes instrument development validation authors identified 129 articles addressed quality life pregnant andor postpartum women 64 quality generic specific scales judged relevant included study analysis measurement scales used pregnant andor postpartum populations revealed important validity reliability psychometric inadequacies negate use comparative effectiveness analysis pregnant postpartum populations valid reliable responsive instruments measure patientreported outcomes pregnant postpartum populations lacking demonstrate effectiveness various treatment prevention programs future research develop validate robust responsive quality life measurement scale pregnant postpartum populations needed