Sexual counseling in women's postpartum

Phase 2

• Conditions: Sexual counseling in women's postpartum.; sexual dysfunction, not caused by organic disorder or disease

• Registration Number: IRCT2016062228575N1
• Lead Sponsor: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Vice chancellor for research

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 22 February 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

Be Iranian and lives in Mashhad; 18 to 35 years old; Literacy; Be in the period of three months to one year after her delivery; Has a healthy full-term baby from a singleton pregnancy; Be married and the only wife of her spouse; Lives with her spouse at the moment; Starts having sex again after her delivery; Has reported at least one sexual dysfunction in the last two months; The scores of DASS-21 are less than 25 in the scale of stress, less than 14 in the scale of anxiety and less than 20 in the scale of depression; The score of Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) is more than 38.

Exclusion criteria: Addiction to drugs or alcohol in any of couple; Takes medications that affect sexual function; Occur stressful event during the last 6 months; Medical history in any of couple; Mental problems in any of couple; Suffers from complication after her last delivery; Has experienced pelvic surgery (repair colporrhaphy) or genital irradiation.

Exclusion criteria during the study: Lack of tendency to continue her cooperation; Pregnancy during the study; Has not sexual relationship during the study;Occur stressful event during the intervention; Receive sexual training during the study; Attends in less than three sessions.

Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sexual function. Timepoint: Before the intervention and 8 weeks after ending of treatment. Method of measurement: sexual function questionnaire (FSFI).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Women's quality of sexual life. Timepoint: Before the intervention and 8 weeks after ending of treatment. Method of measurement: Sexual Quality of Life-Female (SQOL-F) questionnaire.