Comparison of primipara women's pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, and postpartum sexual lives

Abstract

Aim: Sexual dysfunction can affect women's quality of life and marriage. This study compared the sexual lives of primipara women before, during pregnancy and in the postpartum period. Methods: This descriptive follow-up research comprised 100 primipara women who agreed to participate in the study. Data were collected using the survey form and the Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale. Number, percentage, means, standard deviation, median, minimum, maximum values and Friedman analysis were used to analyze the data. Results: Women's sexual desire and orgasm level before pregnancy were significantly better than their postpartum orgasm level. Our study results showed that the level of sexual arousal and lubrication before pregnancy was significantly better than that after birth. We also determined that women's postpartum orgasm satisfaction was significantly less than their pre-pregnancy and pregnancy orgasm satisfaction. Based on Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale average, the sexual dysfunction of women before pregnancy was significantly less than during the pregnancy and postpartum periods and the pregnancy period was better than the postpartum period (P<0.001). Conclusion: This study has reported that sexual dysfunction in women is less during pre-pregnancy; however, it increases during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

Keywords

• Primipara
• Pre-Pregnancy period
• Pregnancy period
• Postpartum period
• Sexual dysfunction

Primipar kadınların gebelik öncesi, gebelik ve doğum sonrası cinsel yaşamlarının karşılaştırılması

Öz

Amaç: Bu araştırmada, primipar kadınların gebelik öncesi, gebelik ve doğum sonrası cinsel yaşamlarının karşılaştırılması amacıyla yapılmıştır. Yöntemler: Tanımlayıcı izlem araştırması olarak yapılan araştırmanın örneklemini araştırmaya katılmayı kabul eden 100 primipar kadın oluşturmuştur. Araştırmanın verileri; anket formu ve Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde sayı, yüzde, ortalama, standart sapma, medyan, minimum, maksimum değerleri ve friedman analizi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Çalışmamızda, kadınların gebelik öncesi cinsel istek ve orgazm düzeyi doğum sonrası orgazm düzeyinden anlamlı derecede daha iyi olduğu belirlenmiştir. Çalışmamızda, gebelik öncesi cinsel uyarılma ve lubrikasyon, düzeyinin doğum sonrası cinsel uyarılma ve lubrikasyon düzeyinden anlamlı derecede daha iyi düzeyde olduğu belirlenmiştir. Çalışmamızda kadınların doğum sonu orgazm tatminin, gebelik öncesi ve gebelik dönemi orgazm tatmininden anlamlı derecede daha kötü düzeyde olduğu belirlenmiştir. Arizona Cinsel Yaşantılar Ölçeği ortalamasına baktığımızda, kadınların gebelik öncesi dönemde cinsel disfonksiyonlarının gebelik ve doğum sonu dönemden, gebelik döneminin ise, doğum sonu dönemden anlamlı düzeyde daha iyi olduğu belirlenmiştir (P<0,001). Sonuç: Kadınların gebelik öncesi dönemde daha az olmak üzere cinsel disfonksiyonun gebelik ve doğum sonu dönemlerde artarak devam ettiği belirlenmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Primipar
• Gebelik öncesi dönem
• Gebelik dönemi
• Doğum sonrası dönem
• Cinsel disfonksiyon

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