Mode of birth and long-term sexual health: a follow-up study of mothers in the Danish National Birth Cohort
| Autor: | Ellen A. Nohr, Jørn Olsen, Jim G Thornton, Helene Kirkegaard, Sarah Hjorth |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Denmark sexual health Logistic regression Odds Danish Cohort Studies 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult mode of birth 0302 clinical medicine Obstetrics and Gynaecology Medicine Humans Danish National Birth Cohort Caesarean section 030212 general & internal medicine Reference group Reproductive health Original Research business.industry Obstetrics Cesarean Section Postpartum Period Coitus General Medicine perineal tears Delivery Obstetric language.human_language Self Concept Sexual Dysfunction Physiological Sexual Partners caesarean section language Female business Birth cohort 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Open Hjorth, S, Kirkegaard, H, Olsen, J, Thornton, J G & Nohr, E A 2019, ' Mode of birth and long-term sexual health : a follow-up study of mothers in the Danish National Birth Cohort ', BMJ Open, vol. 9, no. 11, e029517 . https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029517 |
| ISSN: | 2044-6055 |
| Popis: | ObjectivesTo investigate the relation between mode of birth and women’s long-term sexual health.DesignMaternal follow-up of the Danish National Birth Cohort (1996–2002) in 2013–2014 including questions on sexual health. Logistic regression was used to relate registry-based information about mode of birth and perineal tears with data on sexual problems.SettingDenmark.ParticipantsOf 82 569 eligible mothers in the Danish National Birth Cohort, 43 639 (53%) completed the follow-up. Of these, 37 417 women had a partner, and answered at least one question on sexual health.Main outcome measuresSelf-reported sexual health.ResultsParticipants were on average 44 years old, and 16 years after their first birth. The frequency of sexual problems among women with only spontaneous vaginal births, the reference group, was 37%. For women who only had caesarean sections, more problems were reported (OR 1.18; 95% CI 1.09 to 1.28). For women who had a spontaneous vaginal birth subsequent to a caesarean, and for women with only vaginal births who had experienced one or more instrumental vaginal births, the odds of sexual problems did not differ from women with only spontaneous vaginal births (OR 1.00; 95% CI 0.91 to 1.11) and (OR 1.01; 95% CI 0.95 to 1.08), respectively.ConclusionsThese findings indicate that caesarean section does not protect against long-term sexual problems. Rather, vaginal birth, even after caesarean section, was associated with fewer long-term sexual problems. |
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