Quality of Life of Postnatal Mothers Attending Maternal and Child Health Clinic in Biratnagar

Objectives: Assessing health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and its predictors is essential for providing adequate healthcare and developing necessary interventions in women post-delivery. This study intended to determine the HRQoL score and predictors among women post-delivery in Nepal. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study using non-probability sampling conducted at the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Clinic of Koshi Hospital, Province 1, Nepal. The study participants were 129 women post-delivery to 12 months who visited the MCH clinic from 2 September 2018 to 28 September 2018. Outcome measures were socio-demographic, clinical indicators, obstetric indicators, and their relation with overall health-related quality of life score of post-delivery mothers using Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Version 1.