Doğum Sonrası Dönemde Kadınlarda Cinsel Yaşam Kalitesi, İyi Oluş, Disparoni ve İlişkili Faktörler: Türkiye'nin Kuzey Batısında Kesitsel Bir Çalışma

Abstract

Objective: The study was carried out to determine the level of sexual life quality, well-being, dyspareunia and related factors in postpartum women. Material and Methods: The planned cross-sectional study was conducted in a university hospital in the Marmara Region with 432 women between October 2019 and April 2020. Data; the introductory information form was collected with the World Health Organization- 5 Well-Being Index and the Sexual Life Quality Scale- Women Questionnaire. The dependent variables of the study are postpartum dyspareunia, well-being and quality of sexual life. Results: In 36.3% of the participants have dyspareunia and 38.4% of the participants are depressed and sexual quality of life score is 44.04±5.44. In multivariate analysis, dyspareunia risk was determined to increase due to the states such as having high school education, 3-4 years of marriage period, having chronic disease in pregnancy, not finding their partner attractive, experiencing dyspareunia before and during pregnancy, having depressive symptoms (p<0.05). Depressive symptoms; being in the 18-29 age group, having education at primary level, having a multipara pregnancy, having chronic disease during pregnancy, having a cesarean delivery, having a curettage, not perceiving the spouse attractive, during pregnancy and after birth increased the state of experiencing dyspareunia (p<0.05). Conclusion: More than one-third of the participants have poor mood, have postpartum dyspareunia. In the light of these results, it is suggested that healthcare professionals should evaluate women as a whole in the postpartum period, but should provide more specific training and counselling services to risky groups.