Improved quality of life after surgery for pelvic organ prolapse in Nepalese women

BMC Women's Health

Table 2 Factors associated with baseline quality of life ^a in women with and without pelvic organ prolapse

	Physical		Psychological		Social relationships		Environment
	β	P	β	P	β	P	β	P
POP^b status
Without POP^c
With POP	0.040	0.488	−0.147	0.028	−0.166	0.019	−0.207	0.002
Age	−0.199	<0.001	−0.066	0.245	0.031	0.603	0.040	0.486
Marital status
Married^c
Separated	−0.109	0.005	−0.159	0.001	−0.229	<0.001	−0.142	0.002
Widow	−0.068	0.098	−0.029	0.547	−0.093	0.068	−0.064	0.189
Parity	0.025	0.587	−0.003	0.954	−0.036	0.524	0.079	0.148
Ethnicity
Brahmin/Chhetri^c
Janajati	−0.012	0.755	0.011	0.804	−0.014	0.773	−0.084	0.071
Dalit	−0.036	0.386	−0.048	0.317	−0.082	0.109	−0.143	0.004
Wealth index	0.030	0.440	−0.005	0.909	−0.038	0.426	0.043	0.349
Literacy	0.210	<0.001	0.211	0.001	0.159	0.014	−0.325	<0.001
Depression	−0.392	<0.001	−0.409	<0.001	−0.317	<0.001	−0.331	<0.001

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