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Effect of Sexual Education on Sexual Function of Iranian Couples During Pregnancy: A Quasi Experimental Study

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of husbands' participation in sexual education on sexual function during pregnancy. METHODS: This quasi experimental study was conducted on 123 couples who were divided in two intervention (A: couples, B: pregnant women) and one contr...

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Autores principales: Heidari, Masumeh, Aminshokravi, Farkhondeh, Zayeri, Farid, Azin, Seyed Ali
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Avicenna Research Institute 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5960051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29850446
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author Heidari, Masumeh
Aminshokravi, Farkhondeh
Zayeri, Farid
Azin, Seyed Ali
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description BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of husbands' participation in sexual education on sexual function during pregnancy. METHODS: This quasi experimental study was conducted on 123 couples who were divided in two intervention (A: couples, B: pregnant women) and one control (C) groups. Group A couples received sex education, Group B women received sex education without their spouses, and Group C women received routine prenatal care without sex education. Sexual functions of couples were assessed by Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and International Index Erectile Function (IIEF) questionnaires, before sex education, four weeks after the intervention, at the end of the second trimester and at the end of the third trimester. RESULTS: Mean total scores of FSFI and IIEF were not different at baseline in three groups. Repeated measure analysis showed significant differences between groups (A and B with C) in the mean total scores of FSFI and IIEF during the third trimester. The mean total scores of the two intervention groups of A and B were not significant. CONCLUSION: According to the results of the present study, promoting the sexual function of pregnant women needs to include the sex education on prenatal care. Whereas spouses’ participation was suggested to have a great role in the effectiveness and strengthening of the education in various studies, this study showed that the lack of spouses’ participation for whatever reasons may lead to the same results of previous studies which emphasized the necessity of spouses’ participation.
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spelling pubmed-59600512018-05-30 Effect of Sexual Education on Sexual Function of Iranian Couples During Pregnancy: A Quasi Experimental Study Heidari, Masumeh Aminshokravi, Farkhondeh Zayeri, Farid Azin, Seyed Ali J Reprod Infertil Original Article BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of husbands' participation in sexual education on sexual function during pregnancy. METHODS: This quasi experimental study was conducted on 123 couples who were divided in two intervention (A: couples, B: pregnant women) and one control (C) groups. Group A couples received sex education, Group B women received sex education without their spouses, and Group C women received routine prenatal care without sex education. Sexual functions of couples were assessed by Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and International Index Erectile Function (IIEF) questionnaires, before sex education, four weeks after the intervention, at the end of the second trimester and at the end of the third trimester. RESULTS: Mean total scores of FSFI and IIEF were not different at baseline in three groups. Repeated measure analysis showed significant differences between groups (A and B with C) in the mean total scores of FSFI and IIEF during the third trimester. The mean total scores of the two intervention groups of A and B were not significant. CONCLUSION: According to the results of the present study, promoting the sexual function of pregnant women needs to include the sex education on prenatal care. Whereas spouses’ participation was suggested to have a great role in the effectiveness and strengthening of the education in various studies, this study showed that the lack of spouses’ participation for whatever reasons may lead to the same results of previous studies which emphasized the necessity of spouses’ participation. Avicenna Research Institute 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5960051/ /pubmed/29850446 Text en Copyright© 2017, Avicenna Research Institute. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Heidari, Masumeh
Aminshokravi, Farkhondeh
Zayeri, Farid
Azin, Seyed Ali
Effect of Sexual Education on Sexual Function of Iranian Couples During Pregnancy: A Quasi Experimental Study
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title_short Effect of Sexual Education on Sexual Function of Iranian Couples During Pregnancy: A Quasi Experimental Study
title_sort effect of sexual education on sexual function of iranian couples during pregnancy: a quasi experimental study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5960051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29850446
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