Effect of mode of delivery on couples’ sexual relationship during the postpartum period | ||
| Human Andrology | ||
| Article 2, Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2019, Pages 92-98 PDF (670.61 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ha.2020.24779.1056 | ||
| Authors | ||
| sherine H Abd Elrahman* 1; Ayman A. Zeid2; MonaEl Awady3 | ||
| 11st neighborhood, 3rd district villa 144 | ||
| 2Department of Gynecology and Obstetric, El Mataryia Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| 3Community Medicine, Benha University, Benha, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Although, sexual function is important in married couples’ relationship, little is known about the intersexual relationship especially after delivery. Objective: This is a cross-sectional study which aimed to assess and compare the impact of mode of delivery on sexual function of married couples and explore their sexual relationship after delivery. Patients and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study which enrolled 400 couples during the postpartum period and were equally divided according to the mode of delivery into two groups: group I (200) included women who had a cesarean section and group II (200) had women who had vaginal delivery (VD) and their husbands. Each group was equally subdivided according to the number of deliveries (multiparous=100 and nulliparous=100).Sexual functions of men and women were assessed according to the female sexual function index and international index of erectile function15 questionnaires, respectively. Results: Couples in the cesarean section group showed better sexual functions than in the VD group with a correlation between international index of erectile function and female sexual function index domains. Conclusion: VD, episiotomy, and multipara negatively affect female and male sexual domains. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Cesarean section; episiotomy; female sexual function index; international index of erectile function; vaginal delivery | ||
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