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Factors Associated with Women Fertility in Bangladesh: Application on Count Regression Models 孟加拉国妇女生育能力的相关因素:计数回归模型的应用

Current Womens Health Reviews Pub Date : 2022-03-21 DOI: 10.2174/1573404818666220321143010

Iqramul Haq, M. Hossain, A. Saleheen, M. Nayan, T. Afrin, A. Talukder

{"title":"Factors Associated with Women Fertility in Bangladesh: Application on Count Regression Models","authors":"Iqramul Haq, M. Hossain, A. Saleheen, M. Nayan, T. Afrin, A. Talukder","doi":"10.2174/1573404818666220321143010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1573404818666220321143010","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000The current total fertility rate in Bangladesh is now 2.3 births per woman, which is still above the replacement level of 2.1.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The main objective of this study was to identify potential factors associated with fertility transition in Bangladesh.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000This study applied several regression models to find the best-fitted model to determine factors associated with the number of children ever born in Bangladesh and utilize data from the 2019 Bangladesh Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Based on the principles of the AIC, BIC, and Vuong tests, the best-fit model was the Hurdle-Poisson regression model compared to other models. Findings based on the Hurdle Poisson regression result revealed that the number of children increases with the increase of women’s age, but the number of children declines if the education status of women as well as their delayed marriage increases. Women who had secondary or higher education were less likely to have children than illiterate women. Similarly, division, residential area, wealth index, women’s functional difficulties, prenatal care, and migration have significantly influenced the number of children ever born.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Based on the findings, the study suggests that fertility can be decreased by improving female education, minimizing early marriage, and eliminating poverty for all ever-married women who were particularly live in rural areas of the Chittagong and Sylhet divisions in Bangladesh. Such steps would be the largest contribution to a future reduction in fertility rates in Bangladesh.\u0000","PeriodicalId":371340,"journal":{"name":"Current Womens Health Reviews","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129111732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Factors Effecting Early Intrauterine Device Expulsion Inserted Immediately After Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy 影响自愿终止妊娠后立即拔除宫内节育器的因素

Current Womens Health Reviews Pub Date : 2022-03-09 DOI: 10.2174/1573404818666220309125230

Alperen Aksan, B. Dilbaz, S. Dilbaz, Ece Özdemir

{"title":"The Factors Effecting Early Intrauterine Device Expulsion Inserted Immediately After Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy","authors":"Alperen Aksan, B. Dilbaz, S. Dilbaz, Ece Özdemir","doi":"10.2174/1573404818666220309125230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1573404818666220309125230","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Postabortion insertion of an intrauterine device (IUD) is recommended for prevention of repetitive voluntary termination of pregnancy(VTOP) in women who chose to have a reliable contraceptive method.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000To analyze the incidence of IUD dislocation and the factors related to it in patients who had an IUD immediately inserted after VTOP.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000In this retrospective study, 288 consequent patients who applied to our hospital for VTOP between 01.08.2018-26.08.2019 and had given signed consent for immediate IUD insertion were taken as the study group. The demographic characteristics, obstetric history, and gestational age at the time of the procedure were obtained from the patient records. At the 10th day of postabortion, the localization of the IUD was evaluated by speculum examination and transvaginal ultrasonography. The effects of obstetric history and gestational age at the time of termination on IUD dislocation rates were analyzed statistically.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The overall incidence of IUD dislocation was 16.3 % at the 10th day follow-up visit. The incidence of IUD dislocation was similar in patients with gestational age< 5w 5-7w, 7-10w (21%, 14.5%, and 13%, respectively, p=0.36). However, the incidence increased with high gravity and parity. The gravity, parity, number of vaginal deliveries, and cesarean section were higher in patients who had an IUD dislocation in comparison to the ones with an IUD in place.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The IUD insertion after legal voluntary termination of pregnancy is suitable for all gestational ages. High number of previous pregnancies and deliveries are risk factors for IUD expulsion after immediate IUD insertion.\u0000","PeriodicalId":371340,"journal":{"name":"Current Womens Health Reviews","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129806777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Exploration of the Women Experiences of Sexual Function after Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery: A Phenomenological Descriptive Study 女性生殖器整形手术后女性性功能体验的探索:现象学描述研究

Current Womens Health Reviews Pub Date : 2022-03-04 DOI: 10.2174/1573404818666220304103646

Fatemeh Touhidi Nezhad, R. Jalali, F. Karimi, L. Menati

{"title":"The Exploration of the Women Experiences of Sexual Function after Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery: A Phenomenological Descriptive Study","authors":"Fatemeh Touhidi Nezhad, R. Jalali, F. Karimi, L. Menati","doi":"10.2174/1573404818666220304103646","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1573404818666220304103646","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Female genital cosmetic surgery (FGCS) consists of a set of designed approaches to recover or reinforce the vulva, these cosmetic procedures are conducted to relive functionality problems such as vaginal looseness to sexual dissatisfaction, and the external genital tract is shaped cosmetically. Its results could be better judged through understanding the direct experience of women who underwent surgery, therefore, this study aimed to explain the experiences of women regarding FGCS through a phenomenological methods.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000In a study using phenomenological descriptive, and through purposive sampling, women who experienced FGCS were semisystematically deep interviewed. Then, the interviews were entered into the Word software and were analyzed by Colaizzi 7-step method. To assurance on the correctness of the data, the guba’s criteria were used. Data were analyzed using MAXQDA software version 10.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The results showed that 15 women aged between 23-49 years old and with a mean age of 34 years old, mostly married and housewives as well as with diploma educational level participated in the study, three themes and eight subthemes were excluded from the analysis of participants’ interview. Participants presented their experiences on their sexual function after FGCS as sexual satisfaction, high-quality life, and willingness for surgery.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The study showed that women’s experience with FGCS includes sexual satisfaction and higher quality of life. Therefore, the assessment of women to perform cosmetic surgery should be prioritized and the women should be supported to make a decision regarding such surgery.\u0000","PeriodicalId":371340,"journal":{"name":"Current Womens Health Reviews","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126566820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Perspectives of Married Women Related to Cervical Cancer Screening Test: A Theory Based Qualitative Study in Iran 已婚妇女对宫颈癌筛查试验的看法:一项基于理论的定性研究

Current Womens Health Reviews Pub Date : 2022-03-04 DOI: 10.2174/1573404818666220304104128

Mona Khalednejad, L. Salehi, Sara Pashang, A. Moghimbeigi, Atefeh Nezhadmohammad Nameghi

{"title":"Perspectives of Married Women Related to Cervical Cancer Screening Test: A Theory Based Qualitative Study in Iran","authors":"Mona Khalednejad, L. Salehi, Sara Pashang, A. Moghimbeigi, Atefeh Nezhadmohammad Nameghi","doi":"10.2174/1573404818666220304104128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1573404818666220304104128","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Cervical cancer (CC) is one of the treatable forms of cancer which can be prevented in terms of its long precancerous conditions and good screening programs.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Using directed content analysis, the present study, as qualitative research, aimed to investigate married women’s perspectives on screening for CC based on the protection motivation theory (PMT).\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000To this end, a total number of 20 married women, considering maximum variation in sampling in terms of age and level of education, were interviewed. Therefore, an in-depth semi-structured interview was used for data collection until saturation was reached. As well, the PMT was applied as the main framework to develop the interview items.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Eight categories, namely, intention, fear, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, response efficacy, self-efficacy, response cost, and social support, were identified based on data classification. \u0000The majority of the participants intended to have a Pap smear. Moreover, they believed that if women knew more about screening for cervical cancer, they would definitely do so. Most of participants 60% had a high level of perceived susceptibility and 100% of them had self-efficacy related to doing a Pap smear. Almost all the interviewees acknowledged the effectiveness of a Pap smear and its consequences but 80% of the participants reported that they could not follow regular tests due to response cost despite their self-efficacy and knowledge about the effectiveness and the benefits of this type of screening. All the study participants also put more emphasis on the role of social support to push them to get a Pap smear.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Response cost and social support should be considered factors encouraging married women to do a Pap smear during screening programs.\u0000","PeriodicalId":371340,"journal":{"name":"Current Womens Health Reviews","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133980525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Value of Serum Fibrinogen/Uric Acid Ratio as a Novel Marker of Fetal Growth Restriction in Preeclampsia at 34weeks 血清纤维蛋白原/尿酸比值作为34周子痫前期胎儿生长受限新指标的价值

Current Womens Health Reviews Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.2174/1573404818666220301125216

Wassan Nori, Alaa Ibrahim Ali, Wisam Akram Ismael

{"title":"The Value of Serum Fibrinogen/Uric Acid Ratio as a Novel Marker of Fetal Growth Restriction in Preeclampsia at 34weeks","authors":"Wassan Nori, Alaa Ibrahim Ali, Wisam Akram Ismael","doi":"10.2174/1573404818666220301125216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1573404818666220301125216","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is a common alignment that complicates pregnancy, especially for preeclampsia cases; therefore earlier detection is crucial to improve the outcome.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000We examine whether the ratio of maternal serum fibrinogen to serum uric acid (ms F/U) can serve as a marker FGR in preeclamptic patients at 34 weeks.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000A cross-sectional study recruited 98 preeclamptic primigravidae at the University Teaching Hospital from June 2018 for one year. Patients were sent for laboratory and ultrasound examinations. Maternal parameters include systolic and diastolic blood pressure, serum fibrinogen and serum uric acid. Ultrasonic fetal parameters include amniotic fluid index AFI, estimated fetal weight EFW, pulsatility index PI, and resistance index RI.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Pearson’s correlation between ms F/U ratio and all other feto-maternal variables was significant as P value<0.0001. The ms F/U ratio showed strong positive correlations with EFW and AFI. The ms F/U ratio showed strong inverse correlations with PI, RI, systolic, diastolic blood pressure and Albumin/creatinine ratio. The strength of association tested by a coefficient of Mallow’s; shows the strongest association between ms F/U versus fetal weight. The highest Odd ratio for FGR was 45, associated with the ms F/U ratio. The cutoff value for ms F/U ratio was 26.08 mg/dL with an estimated sensitivity and specificity of 85% and 96.25%, with an AUC of 0.82.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Strong and significant correlation of ms F/U ratio with feto-maternal parameters at high sensitivity and specificity added to its simplicity, and cost-effectiveness, makes ms F/U ratio a reliable marker for earlier FGR to improve the outcome.\u0000","PeriodicalId":371340,"journal":{"name":"Current Womens Health Reviews","volume":"231 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121135918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Predictive Biochemical Factors for Pre-Eclampsia in Early Pregnancy 早期妊娠先兆子痫的预测生化因素

Current Womens Health Reviews Pub Date : 2022-01-27 DOI: 10.2174/1573404818666220127112925

Lorna Muscat Baron, Byron Baron

{"title":"Predictive Biochemical Factors for Pre-Eclampsia in Early Pregnancy","authors":"Lorna Muscat Baron, Byron Baron","doi":"10.2174/1573404818666220127112925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1573404818666220127112925","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Pre-eclampsia (PE) is one of the major pregnancy complications, affecting up to 10% of all pregnancies in some regions of the world. The clinical diagnosis, characterised by hypertension and proteinuria often late during pregnancy, with the added inability to treat (other than delivery), can lead to significant morbidity and mortality in both mother and unborn foetus. Moreover, as yet only low dose aspirin administration is accepted as a preventive measures for PE. This puts more pressure to identify diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of PE from blood or urine for the non-invasive screening of pregnant women before a pregnancy becomes complicated. Over the years, a number of DNA and protein molecules, such as cell free DNA, VEGF, sFLT1, PlGF, PP-13, ADMA and several other biomarkers, have been linked to specific pathophysiological observations and proposed as predictive markers for PE. However, their reliability and reproducibility has been put to test by numerous studies. The aim of this review is to cover the key clinical and biochemical features of pregnancies complicated by PE and evaluate the robustness of data gathered from various studies in order to better understand the link between the proposed biomarkers and the development of PE so as to better quantify their relevance in diagnostic or prognostic applications. The overall goal is to use such biomarkers for earlier detection, better molecular monitoring, and where possible lessening of symptoms, hopefully leading to a reduction in the yearly PE-related deaths worldwide.\u0000","PeriodicalId":371340,"journal":{"name":"Current Womens Health Reviews","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116343337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Relationship between Experience of Antepartum Intervention with Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms following Childbirth: A Prospective Study 产前干预经历与产后创伤后应激症状的关系:一项前瞻性研究

Current Womens Health Reviews Pub Date : 2022-01-26 DOI: 10.2174/1573404818666220126141830

Sedigheh Abdollahpour, N. Rajabi, M. Larki, E. Azmoude

{"title":"The Relationship between Experience of Antepartum Intervention with Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms following Childbirth: A Prospective Study","authors":"Sedigheh Abdollahpour, N. Rajabi, M. Larki, E. Azmoude","doi":"10.2174/1573404818666220126141830","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1573404818666220126141830","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Childbirth is an event in the life of a woman that, if it is associated with a negative memory in mind, it leads to negative psychological reactions and disturbs the mother’s mental health during the postpartum period.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The aim of the present study was to assess the relationship between experiences of antepartum intervention with post-traumatic stress symptoms following childbirth.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The sample comprised 176 Iranian women, with assessments at 8 weeks after postpartum. Current PTSD was assessed by the Impact of Events Scale – Revised (IES-R). Data were collected on obstetric variables. Data were analyzed with SPSS version 19.0. The adjusted odds ratios were estimated by binary logistic regression.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u000038.3% (N=62) of the women appeared at risk for PTSD symptoms. The mean score of PTSD symptoms was 22.51±12.04 (0-65). The results showed that women in PTSD group underwent more obstetrical interventions than women without PTSD during childbirth (p=0.002) and experienced childbirth pain (p=0.048). Insertion of sublingual or vaginal prostaglandin tab, experience of episiotomy incision, perineal/labial/vaginal sutures and artificial rupture of amniotic membranes correlated significantly with PTSD symptoms (P<0.05). The results of binary logistic regression analysis confirmed that the rate of obstetrical interventions was the significant predictor of PTSD after childbirth (Odd ratio=1.284; p=0.008).\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The findings indicated that by enhancing health provider's understanding of obstetric intervention consequences, opportunities are provided to prevent PTSD through providing physiological delivery and supportive care in labor.\u0000","PeriodicalId":371340,"journal":{"name":"Current Womens Health Reviews","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114767379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis in Early Pregnancy 妊娠早期肠系膜静脉血栓形成

Current Womens Health Reviews Pub Date : 2022-01-20 DOI: 10.2174/1573404818666220120092220

L. H. Maghsoudi, Haleh Pak

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An Overview of COVID Positive Obstetric Cases at a Tertiary Care Centre in Western Uttar Pradesh, India 印度西北方邦一家三级保健中心的COVID阳性产科病例概述

Current Womens Health Reviews Pub Date : 2022-01-20 DOI: 10.2174/1573404818666220120092816

K. Verma, Kalpna Kulshrestha, Priyanka Jaiswal

{"title":"An Overview of COVID Positive Obstetric Cases at a Tertiary Care Centre in Western Uttar Pradesh, India","authors":"K. Verma, Kalpna Kulshrestha, Priyanka Jaiswal","doi":"10.2174/1573404818666220120092816","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1573404818666220120092816","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000COVID - 19 infection was declared pandemic infection on March 11, 2020 by World Health Organisation. Pregnant women have a high propensity to acquire this infection due to their altered physiological and immunological function.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000To know the overall incidence of COVID positive obstetric patients and.assess presence of any co-morbidity or obstetric complications as well as maternal and perinatal outcome at our institute.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000This retrospective observational study was conducted at Saraswathi Institute of medical sciences(SIMS), Hapur Uttar Pradesh, India from April 2020 to December 2020. All Covid positive obstetric patients, antenatal and postnatal upto 6weeks postpartum were included from the hospital records. Their socio-demographic characters, period of gestation at the time of admission, presenting symptoms, any medical or obstetric complications as well as maternal and perinatal outcome were studied in the form of severity of symptoms, ICU admissions, requirement of mechanical ventilatory support and NICU admissions.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Total 95 obstetric patients were admitted , out of which 83 ( 87.36%) were antenatal and 12 ( 12.63%) were postnatal .16 patients delivered at SIMS, out of which 9 ( 56.25%) had cesarean delivery and 7 (43.75%) had vaginal delivery and 9 had preterm deliveries(56.25%). Among 12 postnatal patients , 5 (41.66% ) undergone cesarean delivery and 7 (58.33% ) had vaginal delivery. 20 (21.05%) patients needed ICU admission and 3 (3.15%) patients required ventilatory support. There were 2 (2.10%) maternal deaths and 2 ( 2.10%) neonatal deaths.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The course of COVID-19 obstetric patients was mild in majority of cases, however increased rates of pregnancy complications and caesarean delivery was observed.\u0000","PeriodicalId":371340,"journal":{"name":"Current Womens Health Reviews","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121512427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Relationship of Serum Oxytocin Levels with Sexual Function and Depression: A Cross-Sectional Study 血清催产素水平与性功能和抑郁的关系:一项横断面研究

Current Womens Health Reviews Pub Date : 2022-01-07 DOI: 10.2174/1573404818666220107110420

Z. Ghorbani, M. Mirghafourvand, Sonia Hasani

{"title":"The Relationship of Serum Oxytocin Levels with Sexual Function and Depression: A Cross-Sectional Study","authors":"Z. Ghorbani, M. Mirghafourvand, Sonia Hasani","doi":"10.2174/1573404818666220107110420","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1573404818666220107110420","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Inconsistent results were found on the relationship of human blood Oxytocin (OXT) levels with psychiatric and sexual dysfunction (SD) in different studies.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The present study aimed to determine the relationship of OXT levels with sexual function and depression.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000This was a cross-sectional study involving 84 non-pregnant healthy married women at childbearing. Beck Depression Inventory and Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) were used to collect data and human oxytocin ELISA kit was used to determine serum OXT level. The independent t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient were used to determine the relationship between variables.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Average age of the participants was 36.1 (6.91) in this study and range of their age was 19-49. Mean serum OXT level was 192.70 (139.71) pg/ml. The mean total score of FSFI and depression were 21.54 (5.18) and 12.42 (11.20) from the attainable score of 2-36 and 0-63, respectively. The associations between serum OXT level with FSFI overall score (r=0.066, P=0.548), and depression score (r=0.137, P=0.215) were not significant. No statistically significant differences were also found between two groups of women with and without SD (P=0.155) and women with and without depression (P=0.110) in terms of serum OXT levels.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The results of this study did not indicate the significant relationship of serum OXT levels with depression and sexual function. As there was no significant relationship between the oxytocin concentrations and measured outcomes, conducting of further studies with stronger study design and larger sample size is recommended.\u0000","PeriodicalId":371340,"journal":{"name":"Current Womens Health Reviews","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128140811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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