Insomnia and sleep quality among women during the perinatal period

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 4 Quality of life among different studied groups according to SF-36

Variables	Perinatal women (n = 64)	Control (n = 67)	P value
MCS	54.62 ± 17.74	54.96 ± 17.60	0.96
PCS	55.36 ± 18.46	63.32 ± 17.35	0.012^*
Physical functioning	57.26 ± 19.76	67.54 ± 20.14	0.004^*
Role physical	47.66 ± 37.98	62.69 ± 34.37	0.023^*
Bodily pain	60.27 ± 25.13	68.88 ± 21.79	0.063
General health	56.33 ± 15.36	59.25 ± 14.17	0.312
Vitality	43.67 ± 16.81	55.60 ± 17.37	0.001^*
Social functioning	62.12 ± 21.59	64.36 ± 22.11	0.66
Role emotional	55.73 ± 38.97	50.74 ± 36.86	0.445
Mental health	57.00 ± 15.76	62.20 ± 15.11	0.045^*
Total SF-36	54.96 ± 14.64	62.34 ± 14.63	0.003^*

SF-36 total score was statistically different between the two groups with perinatal women having calculated lower scores than the controls. There was a statistically significant difference between the two groups in the PCS components. However, the MCS component scores were not statistically different between the perinatal women and the control group. Of the SF-36 subscales; physical functioning, role physical, and vitality were significantly lower in perinatal women than in the control group while the scores of Bodily pains, general health, social functioning, role emotional, and mental health were not statistically significant between the two groups
MCS Mental Component Summary, PCS Physical Component Summary
^*P < 0.05 in comparison with the control group