Effect of mode of delivery on couples’ sexual relationship during the postpartum period
Abd Elrahman, S., Zeid, A., Awady, M. (2019). Effect of mode of delivery on couples’ sexual relationship during the postpartum period. EKB Journal Management System, 9(4), 92-98. doi: 10.21608/ha.2020.24779.1056
sherine H Abd Elrahman; Ayman A. Zeid; MonaEl Awady. "Effect of mode of delivery on couples’ sexual relationship during the postpartum period". EKB Journal Management System, 9, 4, 2019, 92-98. doi: 10.21608/ha.2020.24779.1056
Abd Elrahman, S., Zeid, A., Awady, M. (2019). 'Effect of mode of delivery on couples’ sexual relationship during the postpartum period', EKB Journal Management System, 9(4), pp. 92-98. doi: 10.21608/ha.2020.24779.1056
Abd Elrahman, S., Zeid, A., Awady, M. Effect of mode of delivery on couples’ sexual relationship during the postpartum period. EKB Journal Management System, 2019; 9(4): 92-98. doi: 10.21608/ha.2020.24779.1056

Effect of mode of delivery on couples’ sexual relationship during the postpartum period

Human Andrology
Article 2, Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2019, Page 92-98  XML PDF (670.61 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ha.2020.24779.1056
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Authors
sherine H Abd Elrahman email orcid 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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