Attitude Towards Sexuality During Pregnancy, Sexual Satisfaction and Sexual Quality of Life of Pregnant Women

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 33 Sayı: 4, 243 - 252, 09.12.2024

Neslihan Yılmaz Sezer , Menekşe Nazlı Aker , İlknur Gönenç

https://doi.org/10.17942/sted.1348504

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Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of attitudes towards sexuality during pregnancy and satisfaction with sexual life on sexual quality of life.
Method: The sample of this descriptive study consisted of 489 pregnant women. Data collection tools included a “personal information form”, “the Attitude Scale toward Sexuality during Pregnancy (AStSdP)”, “the Sexual Quality of Life Questionnaire-Female (SQLQ-F)”, and “the Visual Analog Scale (VAS)”.
Results: Participants’ mean score was 122.96±20.12 on the “AStSdP”, 69.77±17.02 on the SQLQ-F, and 5.78±2.48 on the VAS sexual satisfaction. The attitude of 72.8% of the participants toward sexuality during pregnancy was positive. A weak, significant positive, and correlation was found between “AStSdP”, “Anxiety”, and “Beliefs and Values” scores and SQLQ-F and VAS sexual satisfaction scores (p<0.001). It was observed that marital duration, number of pregnancies, number of living children, experience of miscarriage, continuing sexual activity during pregnancy, VAS sexual satisfaction score, Beliefs and Values, and Approval were significant predictors of pregnant women's sexual quality of life scores (p<0.05).
Conclusions: The findings of this study demonstrated a positive correlation between attitudes towards sexuality during pregnancy and the enhancement of sexual life quality and sexual satisfaction. Therefore, it is recommended that nurses and other healthcare professionals assess pregnant women's attitudes towards sexuality during the antenatal period and implement interventions to cultivate positive attitudes, ultimately aiming to improve the quality of sexual life and sexual satisfaction.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Pregnancy, Sexuality, Attitude, Satisfaction

Gebe Kadınların Gebelikte Cinselliğe Yönelik Tutumları, Cinsel Yaşamdan Memnuniyetleri ve Cinsel Yaşam Kaliteleri

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Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı gebelikte cinselliğe yönelik tutum ve cinsel yaşamdan memnuniyetin cinsel yaşam kalitesi üzerindeki etkisini değerlendirmektir.
Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı tipteki bu araştırma 489 gebe kadın ile yürütülmüştür. Araştırmanın verileri kişisel bilgi formu, Gebelikte Cinselliğe Karşı Tutum Ölçeği (GCKTÖ), Cinsel Yaşam Kalitesi Ölçeği-Kadın (CYK-K) ve Görsel Analog Ölçeği (VAS) ile toplanmıştır.
Bulgular: Katılımcıların ortalama puanı GCKTÖ için 122,96±20,12, CYK-K için 69,77±17,02 ve VAS cinsel memnuniyet için 5,78±2,48 olarak saptandı. Katılımcıların %72,8'inin gebelikte cinselliğe yönelik tutumu olumlu olduğu belirlendi. GCKTÖ, Kaygı, İnanç ve Değerler puanları ile CYK-K ve VAS cinsel memnuniyet puanları arasında zayıf, anlamlı, pozitif ve doğrusal bir korelasyon bulundu (p<,001). Katılımcıların evlilik süresi, gebelik sayısı, yaşayan çocuk sayısı, düşük deneyimi, gebelik döneminde cinsel aktiviteyi sürdürme durumu, VAS cinsel memnuniyet skoru, İnanç ve Değerler, Onaylama faktörlerinin gebelerin cinsel yaşam kalitesi puanları üzerinde anlamlı yordayıcıları olduğu belirlendi (p<0,05).
Sonuç: Bu çalışmanın bulguları, gebelik sırasında cinselliğe yönelik tutumlar ile cinsel yaşam kalitesi ve cinsel yaşamdan memnuniyetin artması arasında pozitif bir ilişki olduğunu göstermiştir. Bu nedenle hemşirelerin ve sağlık çalışanlarının doğum öncesi dönemde gebelerin cinselliğe ilişkin tutumlarını değerlendirerek, cinsel yaşam kalitesini ve memnuniyetini artırmaya yönelik olumlu bakış açılarını geliştirecek müdahalelerde bulunmaları önerilmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Gebelik, Cinsellik, Tutum, Memnuniyet

Kaynakça

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