title: Clinical indicators of sexual dysfunction in pregnant women: integrative literature review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to identify the nursing diagnosis clinical indicators of sexual dysfunction in pregnant women.
  
  
  METHODS
  it is an integrative literature review, with research in databases using the keywords "sexual*", "pregnan*" and "function*". Studies included had an abstract available for analysis, referring to pregnant women over 18 years old, written in Portuguese, French, Spanish and English, with publication date between 2010 and 2014. Studies that reporting pregnant women with an associated pathology were excluded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  sexual dysfunction in pregnant women is consistent in the literature. Nine defining characteristics were identified and 16 related factors, some not classified in NANDA International.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  clinical indicators can be added to the nursing diagnosis to favor an accurate diagnosis and effective interventions in the surveillance of pregnancy as a period of healthy sexual experience.
authors: Instituto Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors: Dora Maria Honorato
authors: DM
authors: Carteiro
authors: Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors: Lisete Maria Ribeiro
authors: LM
authors: de Sousa
authors: Instituto Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors: Sílvia Maria Alves
authors: SM
authors: Caldeira
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000175:diagnosis*