Sexual satisfaction and intimacy during pregnancy and after childbirth

IF 1.2 Q3 Medicine

Sexologies Pub Date : 2021-04-01 DOI:10.1016/j.sexol.2020.10.002

S. Behzadipour , M. Daneshpour , N. Damreihani , L. Aflatooni

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Abstract

Influential on women's sexual behavior and function, pregnancy plays a significant role along with intimacy in health, quality of life, and well-being. This phenomenon, in turn, is influenced by psychological, physiological, and marital relations as well as sociocultural effects. Therefore, the goal of this study was to investigate the roles of women's sexual satisfaction and intimacy after pregnancy and childbirth. In order to examine this goal, eight-month pregnant women in Shiraz, Iran, were selected during 2017 and 2018 for descriptive and causal-comparative analysis. Data were collected at two stages during pregnancy and eight months after delivery and measured using the Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire (LSSQ; Larson et al., 1998) and the Marital Intimacy Needs Questionnaire (Bagarozzi, 1997). The data analyses reported descriptive and inferential statistics. The outcome of the current research has shown that sexual intimacy, physical intimacy, and aesthetic intimacy were significantly different between pregnancy phase (higher scores) and after delivery. Additionally, sexual satisfaction was rated significantly different pre and post-delivery, which can indicate that women and their sexual partners should be aware of the impact of healthy sexual intimacy during and after childbirth.

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怀孕期间和分娩后的性满足和亲密关系

怀孕对女性的性行为和性功能有很大的影响，在健康、生活质量和幸福方面，怀孕与亲密关系起着重要的作用。这种现象反过来又受到心理、生理、婚姻关系以及社会文化影响的影响。因此，本研究的目的是探讨妇女在怀孕和分娩后的性满意度和亲密关系的作用。为了检验这一目标，在2017年和2018年期间，选择了伊朗设拉子的8个月孕妇进行描述性和因果比较分析。数据在怀孕期间的两个阶段和分娩后8个月收集，并使用性满意度问卷(LSSQ;Larson et al.， 1998)和婚姻亲密需求问卷(Bagarozzi, 1997)。数据分析报告了描述性和推断性统计。目前的研究结果表明，性亲密、身体亲密和审美亲密在怀孕期(得分较高)和分娩后存在显著差异。此外，产前和产后的性满意度评分显著不同，这可以表明妇女及其性伴侣应该意识到分娩期间和分娩后健康的性亲密关系的影响。

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Sexologies PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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