[Analysis on quality of life and influencing factors in pregnant and postpartum women hospitalized due to influenza in Suzhou].

Objective

To understand the quality of life and its influencing factors in pregnant and postpartum women hospitalized due to influenza in Suzhou and provide evidence for the development of intervention measures.

Methods

Pregnant and postpartum women hospitalized due to influenza in Suzhou between 2018 and 2024 were enrolled as the study participants for a survey with self-designed questionnaire and the EuroQol Five-Dimensional Health Questionnaire to evaluate their quality of life. Influencing factors for health across the five dimensions were analyzed using χ² tests and binary logistic regression, combining regression tree analysis to explore the factors affecting Visual Analogue Scale scores.

Results

A total of 901 pregnant and postpartum women hospitalized due to influenza were included. In the five dimensions, pain/discomfort had the highest proportionin in reported health problems (20.4%), followed by anxiety/depression (8.4%), daily life activity (8.2%), movement (7.7%), and self-care (5.7%). Comprehensive analysis revealed that pre-pregnancy low BMI, third trimester, underlying diseases, antiviral drug use, antiviral drug use within 48 hours of symptom onset, and frequency of influenza-like illness in the past year significantly influenced self-reporting of health problems, the differences were all significant (all P<0.05).

Conclusions

Interventions should target the pregnant women with underweight before pregnancy, late pregnancy, underlying diseases, or frequent onset of influenza-like illness in the past year, with attention to the impact of side effects of antiviral drug on health status. Developing more effective interventions is crucial to improve the quality of life of this population.