Senobari Mahtab, Azmoude Elham, Mousavi Marziyeh
Student Research Committee, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran.
Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran.
Int J Reprod Biomed. 2019 Jul 31;17(7):503-512. doi: 10.18502/ijrm.v17i7.4862. eCollection 2019 Jul.
The prevalence of sexual problems is high during pregnancy. Despite this, there are limited data about the impact of physical and psychological factors such as body weight and body image on sexual function in pregnant women.
To investigate the relationship between body mass index, body image, and sexual function among pregnant women.
In this cross-sectional study, a total of 206 Iranian pregnant women (106 with normal weight and 100 overweight women) in their 2nd and 3rd trimesters of pregnancy were surveyed. Survey instruments included the Female Sexual Function Index and Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire.
The prevalence of female sexual disorder was 72.3% in this survey. Diminished sexual desire/appetite was the most common problem reported by the participants (37.9%). The mean score of sexual problem and body image were not significantly different among overweight and normal weight women in the 2nd (p = 0.945 and p = 0.800, respectively) and 3rd trimesters of pregnancy (p = 0.310 and p = 0.507, respectively). Further, there were no relationships between the body mass index plus body image and the total female sexual function score (p = 0.44 and p = 0.837, respectively). However, the relationship between the appearance evaluation with lubrication (p = 0.043) and subjective weight with two subscales of sexual satisfaction (p = 0.005) and orgasm (p = 0.019) were significant.
The findings from this study revealed that there were no relationships between body mass index plus body image score and the sexual function in pregnancy. Therefore, a further research is recommended to study other potential factors affecting sexual function during pregnancy.
孕期性问题的发生率较高。尽管如此，关于体重和身体形象等生理和心理因素对孕妇性功能影响的数据有限。
探讨孕妇体重指数、身体形象与性功能之间的关系。
在这项横断面研究中，对206名处于妊娠中晚期的伊朗孕妇（106名体重正常，100名超重）进行了调查。调查工具包括女性性功能指数和多维身体自我关系问卷。
本次调查中女性性功能障碍的发生率为72.3%。性欲/性兴趣减退是参与者报告的最常见问题（37.9%）。在妊娠中期（分别为p = 0.945和p = 0.800）和晚期（分别为p = 0.310和p = 0.507），超重和体重正常的女性在性问题和身体形象的平均得分上没有显著差异。此外，体重指数加身体形象与女性性功能总得分之间没有关系（分别为p = 0.44和p = 0.837）。然而，外表评价与润滑之间的关系（p = 0.043）以及主观体重与性满意度的两个子量表（p = 0.005）和性高潮（p = 0.019）之间的关系是显著的。
本研究结果表明，体重指数加身体形象得分与孕期性功能之间没有关系。因此，建议进一步研究影响孕期性功能的其他潜在因素。
