ArticleOman medical journal2013
Quality of life after cesarean and vaginal delivery.
Article in Oman medical journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The effect of mode of delivery on health-related quality-of-life in mothers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Pooled it
- Maternal quality of life in routine labor epidural analgesia versus labor analgesia on request: results of a randomized trial.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2018Trial
- Women's Quality-of-Life Trajectories During Pregnancy and Postpartum Periods by Mode of Birth: A Prospective Cohort Study.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Observational
- Caesarean deliveries and their impact on financial burden and quality of life among post-partum mothers in Tamil Nadu, India.PloS one · 2026Article
- The direct and indirect factors of health related quality of life of postpartum women using structural equation modelling.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Health related quality of life and associated factors after cesarean delivery among postpartum mothers in Gondar, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Health-related quality of life among Moroccan women after vaginal birth and cesarean section: Cross-sectional study.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Relative risk of postpartum maternal morbidity among cesarean-delivered women: A multisite prospective cohort study in a large district, India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Novel fabrication of bi-metal oxide hybrid nanocomposites for synergetic enhancement of in vivo healing and wound care after caesarean section surgery.International wound journal · 2022Article
- Relationship between physical activity and mental health in women after childbirth: a cross-sectional exploratory study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Effect of low-dose intravenous ketamine on postoperative pain following cesarean section under spinal anesthesia: A prospective cohort study, Ethiopia.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- Parity and mode of birth and their relationships with quality of life: A longitudinal study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Depression and quality of life among pregnant women in first and third trimesters in Abeokuta: A comparative study.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2022Article
- The prevalence of sexual dysfunction among postpartum women on the East Coast of Malaysia.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2020Article
- Maternal omentin-1 level, quality of life and marital satisfaction in relation to mode of delivery: a prospective cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
- Health Related Quality of Life Post Labour Induction with Misoprostol Versus Dinoprostone At Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: A cross Sectional Study.The East African health research journal · 2020Article
- Effect of Low-Dose Intravenous Ketamine on Prevention of Headache After Spinal Anesthesia in Patients Undergoing Elective Cesarean Section: A Double-Blind Clinical Trial Study.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2019Article
- Determinants of Maternal Health-Related Quality of Life after Childbirth: The Generation R Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Article
- The relationship between quality of life and methods of delivery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Electronic physician · 2018Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveCesarean rates in recent decades have been increasing and a number of studies have shown that cesarean increases maternal morbidities. The aim of this study is to compare the quality of life after cesarean and vaginal delivery.
methodsThis prospective study was carried out on 356 pregnant women visiting urban health centers in Shahroud City, Northeast Iran, in 2011. The subjects completed the quality of life questionnaire in the third trimester of pregnancy and at 8 weeks postpartum.
resultsIn primiparas, the mean global QOL scores for the cesarean and vaginal delivery groups were 67.65±12.7 and 72.12±11.8, respectively. Also, the scores for the physical, psychological and social domains of QOL as well as the global score of QOL were higher in the vaginal delivery group than the cesarean group (p<0.05). In the case of primiparas, multiple regression analysis revealed that after adjusting for education, desirability of pregnancy and the General Health Questionnaire score, the delivery type remained as a predictor of the scores for the physical (R(2)=1.7%; B=-3.826; p=0.031; CI [-7.301, -.350]) and social (R(2)=2.5%; B=-5.708; p=0.017; CI [-10.392, -1.023]) domains of QOL and the global QOL score (R(2)=2.6%; B=-4.065; p=0.006; CI [-6.964, -1.164]). While multiparas, there was no relationship between QOL and type of delivery.
conclusionIn this sample of low-risk women, cesarean negatively affected the QOL of primiparas. More studies with larger sample sizes should be conducted to examine the effects of cesarean on QOL in both primiparas and multiparas within a shorter period after delivery.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.