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Prevalence of sexual dysfunction among prenatal women attending the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ghana
Author(s) -
Maya Ernest T.,
Boamah Martin O.,
Agyabeng Kofi,
Srofenyoh Emmanuel,
Mumuni Kareem,
Samba Ali
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/ijgo.13314
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , female sexual dysfunction , sexual dysfunction , obstetrics , confidence interval , cross sectional study , gestational age , pediatrics , psychiatry , biology , genetics , pathology
Objective To estimate the prevalence and types of sexual dysfunction in pregnancy. Methods A cross‐sectional facility‐based descriptive study among pregnant women attending the prenatal clinic of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, a large tertiary health facility in Accra, Ghana, from May to June 2018. The inclusion criteria were 18 years or older, singleton pregnancy of 8 gestational weeks or more, and residing with their partner for at least 4 weeks before the study. Face‐to‐face interviews were conducted among consecutively enrolled women by using the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) tool. Results Overall, 425 women were enrolled. The mean age was 30.8 ± 4.8 years. The mean gestational age was 32.3 ± 7.1weeks (range 9.7–42.0 weeks). The prevalence of sexual dysfunction in pregnancy was 64.9% (95% confidence interval [CI], 60.3%–69.4%) but only 32 (7.5%) women self‐reported sexual problems. The predominant types of sexual disorder were desire disorder (377 [88.7%; 95% CI, 85.3%–91.4%] women) and arousal disorder (320 [75.3%; 95% CI, 71.0%–79.2%]). Conclusion Sexual dysfunction in pregnancy was found to be common, but most pregnant women were not aware that they had it.