title: Prevalence of Sexual Dysfunction among Expectant Women.
abstract: PurposeTo identify pregnancy as a causative factor of sexual dysfunction among expectant women.MethodsA prospective study with 225 expectant mothers seen in the prenatal clinic of a federal university. Sexual function was evaluated by means of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), and all domains were analyzed (desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain). Initially, a univariate analysis of the sample was done. The averages for each domain according to the risk of sexual dysfunction (FSFI ≤ 26.5) were compared using the Student'st-test for independent samples. The strength of the correlation between sexual dysfunction and all sociodemographic, clinical and behavioral variables was measured by the Chi-Square (χ2) test. Then, odds ratios (ORs) and their confidence intervals were assigned to perform a bivariate analysis. Anypvalues less than 0.05 were considered significant.ResultsApproximately two-thirds of the women (66.7%) showed signs of risk of sexual dysfunction (FSFI ≤ 26.5). Within these cases, all sexual dysfunction domains (desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain) were found to be statistically significant (p< 0.001). The domains most affected were desire (2.67), satisfaction (2.71) and arousal (2.78).ConclusionsPregnancy appears to be an important causative factor of sexual dysfunction among pregnant women.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Michelly Nóbrega
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN), Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eudes Euler de Souza
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Lucena
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Patricia Uchoa
authors.initials: PU
authors.lastname: Cabral
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Queiroz Filho
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Janice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Queiroz
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Katherine
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult