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The effect of mode of delivery on postpartum sexual functioning in primiparous women
Fatemeh Dabiri1, Asieh Pormehr Yabandeh1, Arefeh Shahi1
1M.S. of Midwifery, Mother & child Welfare Research center and Midwifery department of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. Fateme.dabiri@gmail.com Fateme.dabiri@hums.ac.ir.
Objective:
To evaluate the effect of mode of delivery on postpartum sexual functioning in primiparous women.
Methods:
In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 150 primiparous women in postpartum period, who attended the family planning or vaccination clinics, were enrolled for the study. Eighty-one had vaginal delivery with episiotomy and 69 had experienced cesarean section. Sexual function was evaluated by the Female Sexual Function Index within 3 and 6 months postpartum.
Results:
About 29% in vaginal delivery group and 37% in cesarean delivery group had resumed their sexual intercourses four weeks after delivery (p=0.280).There were no significant differences between mode of delivery and sexual functioning, including desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction and pain.
Conclusion:
The present study showed that postpartum sexual functioning was not associated with the type of delivery.
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