Significant predictors of functional status trajectories across the domains of WHODAS-36 in postpartum women in Northwest Ethiopia, 2021
| Explanatory variables | Functional status trajectories (reference group: persistently well functioning) | |||
| Poor functioning versus persistently well functioning | Very poor functioning versus persistently well functioning | |||
| AOR (95% CI) | P value | AOR (95% CI) | P value | |
| PTSD score | 1.14 (1.07 to 1.22) | <0.001 | 1.16 (1.09 to 1.24) | <0.001 |
| Anxiety score | 1.37 (1.14 to 1.65) | 0.001 | 1.61 (1.33 to 1.95) | <0.001 |
| Direct maternal morbiditya | ||||
| Yes | 6.98 (1.41 to 34.52) | 0.017 | 6.65 (1.05 to 42.14) | 0.044 |
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Indirect maternal morbidityb | ||||
| Yes | 10.15 (3.04 to 33.87) | <0.001 | 7.42 (1.83 to 30.13) | 0.005 |
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Social support | ||||
| Poor social support | 7.76 (3.90 to 15.43) | <0.001 | 11.34 (5.20 to 24.72) | <0.001 |
| Strong Social support | 1.00 | |||
| Educational status | ||||
| Read and write | 3.45 (0.53 to 22.360 | 0.193 | 13.62 (1.74 to 106.39) | 0.013 |
| Grade 1–8 (primary school) | 4.02 (1.02 to 15.92) | 0.048 | 6.09 (1.21 to 30.61) | 0.028 |
| Grade 9–12 (secondary school) | 1.93 (0.57 to 6.57) | 0.294 | 4.93 (1.17 to 20.68) | 0.029 |
| Certificate/diploma | 1.68 (0.59 to 4.78) | 0.328 | 2.03 (0.63 to 6.59) | 0.239 |
| Degree and higher | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Occupation | ||||
| Government employed | 8.16 (1.03 to 64.61) | 0.047 | 35.48 (3.68 to 341.75) | 0.002 |
| Merchant/student | 6.50 (0.90 to 47.20) | 0.064 | 18.26 (2.20 to 151.34) | 0.007 |
| Housewife | 8.00 (1.28 to 49.95) | 0.026 | 5.91 (0.86 to 40.76) | 0.071 |
| Farmer/daily labourer | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Income instability | ||||
| Yes | 0.16 (0.03 to 0.89) | 0.036 | 0.09 (0.02 to 0.51) | 0.007 |
| No | 1.00 | |||
| Stress score | 1.19 (1.02 to 1.39) | 0.032 | ||
| Health risk | ||||
| Yes | 7.59 (1.76 to 32.78) | 0.007 | ||
| No | 1.00 | |||
| Mode of delivery | ||||
| SVD/instrumental delivery | 2.57 (1.06 to 6.23) | 0.037 | ||
| Elective/emergency C/S | 1.00 | |||
| Monthly expenditure | ||||
| ≤3000 Ethiopian currency | 0.30 (0.12 to 0.78) | 0.013 | ||
| 3001–4000 Ethiopian currency | 1.00 (0.46 to 2.18) | 0.996 | ||
| ≥4001 Ethiopian currency | 1.00 | |||
| Type of fuel | ||||
| Electric/kerosene | 0.37 (0.18 to 0.75) | 0.006 | ||
| Charcoal/firewood/dung | 1.00 | |||
| FOC | ||||
| Yes | 6.07 (2.74 to 13.46) | <0.001 | ||
| No | 1.00 | |||
AOR, adjusted OR; FOC, fear of childbirth; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder; WHODAS-36, 36-items WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0.