Identifying subgroups of physical and psychological symptoms in postpartum women and its population characteristics:a latent profile analysis
10.3969/j.issn.1672-8467.2024.06.012
- VernacularTitle:产褥期妇女身心症状及其人群特征识别的潜在剖面分析
- Author:
Tian JIN
1
;
Zhu-Ting ZHENG
;
Jing-Ting WANG
;
Xiao-Lan DONG
;
Chang-Rong YUAN
Author Information
1. 复旦大学护理学院 上海 200032;复旦大学附属妇产科医院护理部 上海 200090
- Keywords:
postpartum women;
physical and psychological symptoms;
patient-reported outcomes measurement information system(PROMIS);
latent profile analysis(LPA)
- From:
Fudan University Journal of Medical Sciences
2024;51(6):961-969
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To identify the latent profile of physical and psychological symptoms in postpartum women and examine the associations of the latent class membership with individual characteristics,based on a latent profile analysis.Methods A cross-sectional survey study was conducted.With convenience sampling,157 postpartum women who had delivered at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital,Fudan University from Dec 2023 to Mar 2024 were selected.The participants were surveyed with patient-reported outcomes measurement information system(PROMIS)Anxiety,Depression,Fatigue,Sleep Disturbance,and Pain interference short forms.LPA and multinomial Logistic regression model were performed to identify subgroups based on physical and psychological symptoms in postpartum women and population heterogeneity.Results LPA results suggested that there existed three distinct classes of postpartum physical and psychological symptoms:severe symptoms distress class(10.2%),moderate symptoms distress class(50.3%),and mild symptoms distress class(39.5%).Postpartum women's age,living arrangements,newborn's birthweight,newborn's feeding method,newborn's medical background,prenatal pregnancy risk assessment,mode of delivery,and postpartum complications had significant associations with the latent class membership(P<0.05).Conclusion There are 3 latent profiles of postpartum physical and psychological symptoms.Healthcare providers could provide targeted intervention to postpartum women according to the characteristics of different subgroup population characteristics,so as to improve the postpartum experience of women.
