Sexual and Life Satisfaction of Pregnant Women

Abstract

The awareness of one’s own sexuality and its expression depend on the stage of an individual’s life. Pregnancy is a period of many, also psychosexual, changes. The sexual needs of pregnant women are rarely discussed, and intercourse during this period seems to be a taboo. The aim of this study was to assess the sexual and life satisfaction of pregnant women. The study involved 181 pregnant women and was conducted from July to November 2018. The participants were patients of the pregnancy pathology ward, Independent Public Clinical Hospital No. 2 in Szczecin, and participants of antenatal classes. The research project was approved by the Bioethics Committee of the Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin (KB-0012/74/18). This survey-based study was performed using the self-developed questionnaire and standardized tools: the Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS Statistics 24.0 statistical package. The tests used were the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, the Shapiro–Wilk test, and Pearson’s test. The statistical significance of the results was assumed as (p < 0.05), the correlations (p < 0.01), and probability (p < 0.001). This study demonstrated a high level of life satisfaction, a medium level of overall sexual satisfaction, and a high level of satisfaction with sex. A higher level of satisfaction with life was associated with higher levels of sexual satisfaction in every dimension. There is a need for comprehensive perinatal care and professional sexual counseling.

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“…These were grouped into the following: whether it measured the effect of pregnancy on the SWB of pregnant women, the effect of SS on the SWB of pregnant women, and whether an intervention or a qualitative approach was used. A total of 13 studies were included in the pregnancy itself (Lips, 1985 ; Drescher et al, 2003 ; Taşdemir et al, 2010 ; Ndombe et al, 2011 ; Aasheim et al, 2014 ; Chang et al, 2014 ; Malhotra et al, 2015 ; Türk et al, 2017 ; Farooq et al, 2018 ; Robinson et al, 2018 ; Ishfaq and Mushtaq, 2019 ; Branecka-Wozniak et al, 2020 ; Tesfa et al, 2020 ), 16 studies in SS (Giblin et al, 1987 ; Stevenson et al, 1999 ; Macleod and Weaver, 2003 ; Elsenbruch et al, 2007 ; Rokach, 2007 ; Emmanuel et al, 2012 ; Ngai and Ngu, 2013 ; Gebuza et al, 2014 ; Goodman et al, 2014 ; Calou et al, 2018 ; Gul et al, 2018 ; Nakamura et al, 2018 ; Pakseresht et al, 2019 ; Yu et al, 2020 ; MoghaddamHosseini et al, 2021 ), three interventions (Corno et al, 2018 ; Nazari et al, 2018 ; Hasanzadeh et al, 2020 ), and two qualitative studies (Cynthia Logsdon et al, 2005 ; Kazemi et al, 2017 ).…”

“…Life satisfaction during pregnancy was high among the mothers, with scores ranging from 1 to 10 (8 on average; Branecka-Wozniak et al, 2020 ). Controversial results were reported about LS level changes during pregnancy.…”

“…While one study found that satisfaction increased during pregnancy and infancy, peaking at 6 months postpartum (Ndombe et al, 2011 ), another found that the mean LS scores were similar regardless of age at the first timepoints (gestational weeks 17 and 30, and 6 months), but were significantly lower 3 years later (Aasheim et al, 2014 ). The third research found that as pregnancy develops, the LS of pregnant women ( p < 0.05) declines (Branecka-Wozniak et al, 2020 ). Age was also found to be another component affecting LS, where during gestational weeks 17, 30, and 6 months, LS increased from the age of 25–28 years eventually, dropping around 40 years of age and over (Aasheim et al, 2014 ).…”

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