Sexual function of pregnant women in the third trimester

Peer review under responsibility of Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine.

Available online 7 April 2017

Figures & data

Table 1 FSFI and domains scores of pregnant women.

FSFI domains of pregnant women	Mean	SD	Min–Max
Desire	2.51	1.01	1.20–6.00
Arousal	2.04	1.65	0.00–6.00
Lubrication	2.43	2.06	0.00–6.00
Orgasm	2.16	2.00	0.00–6.00
Satisfaction	3.02	1.61	0.80–6.00
Pain	2.04	1.90	0.00–5.60
Total FSFI	14.22	9.01	2.60–32.80

Table 2 FSFI domains scores according to gestational week of pregnancy (GW).

FSFI domains of pregnant women	GW of pregnancy						Test and p^a
	28th-31st GWs		32nd-35th GWs		36th and higher GWs
	Mean	Sd	Mean	Sd	Mean	Sd
Desire	2.50	0.77	2.77	1.01	2.40	1.06	p = 0.191
Arousal	2.26	1.61	2.72	1.55	1.69	1.62	p = 0.008
Lubrication	2.61	2.06	3.42	2.03	1.97	1.94	p = 0.001
Orgasm	2.51	2.02	2.85	1.96	1.78	1.94	p = 0.031
Satisfaction	3.17	1.71	3.77	1.49	2.66	1.54	p = 0.005
Pain	2.44	1.91	2.72	1.67	1.66	1.92	p = 0.049
Total FSFI	15.51	8.49	18.26	8.65	12.18	8.75	p = 0.004

a Kruskal Wallis test.

Table 3 Sexual function status according to total FSFI scores ofpregnant women (n = 125).

FSFI scores of pregnant women	n	%	FSFI score mean ± SD
≤26.55 (Sexual dsyfunction)	115	92.0	13.01 ± 8.35
>26.55 (Normal sexual function)	10	8.0	28.08 ± 1.84
Total	125	100.0	14.22 ± 9.01