Yozgat City Hospital - Yozgat, Turkey.
Yozgat Bozok University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Obstetric-Women Health and Gynaecological Nursing - Yozgat, Turkey.
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2023 Aug 14;69(8):e20230111. doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.20230111. eCollection 2023.
This descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to determine the effect of pregnancy symptoms on the sexual quality of life.
This study included 150 pregnant women who visited the obstetrics and gynecology outpatient clinic of the hospital between October 1, 2019, and April 1, 2020, and met the inclusion criteria. Data were collected using the Personal and Obstetric Information form, Sexual Quality of Life-Female scale, and Pregnancy Symptom Inventory.
The mean age of the participants was 27.7±5.2 years. As per the collected data, 39.3% of the participants had university- or higher-level education and 21.3% had an income-generating job. A weak negative correlation was found between the scores of Sexual Quality of Life-Female and frequency of pregnancy symptoms and limitation in daily activities (p=0.016 and p=0.020, respectively), whereas a strong positive correlation was found between frequency of pregnancy symptoms and limitation in daily activities. Regression analysis showed that as Sexual Quality of Life-Female scores decreased, frequency of pregnancy symptoms and limitation in daily activities scores increased (p<0.001).
Our study showed that, as the frequency of symptoms experienced during pregnancy and their impact on daily life increase, the sexual quality of life decreases. We recommend providing education and counseling services to women and their partners about pregnancy symptoms and its impact on sexual life during pregnancy and implementing effective measures to eliminate the negative effects of these symptoms on the sexual quality of life.
本描述性横断面研究旨在确定妊娠症状对女性性生活质量的影响。
本研究纳入了 2019 年 10 月 1 日至 2020 年 4 月 1 日期间在医院妇产科门诊就诊并符合纳入标准的 150 名孕妇。使用个人和产科信息表、女性性生活质量量表和妊娠症状量表收集数据。
参与者的平均年龄为 27.7±5.2 岁。根据收集的数据，39.3%的参与者具有大学或以上学历，21.3%有收入来源的工作。女性性生活质量量表的评分与妊娠症状的频率和日常生活活动的受限程度呈弱负相关（p=0.016 和 p=0.020），而妊娠症状的频率与日常生活活动的受限程度呈强正相关。回归分析表明，随着女性性生活质量量表评分的降低，妊娠症状的频率和日常生活活动的受限程度评分增加（p<0.001）。
我们的研究表明，随着妊娠期间症状的频率增加及其对日常生活的影响程度增加，女性性生活质量下降。我们建议在妊娠期间为女性及其伴侣提供关于妊娠症状及其对性生活影响的教育和咨询服务，并实施有效措施消除这些症状对女性性生活质量的负面影响。
