The Impact of Birth Experience on Postpartum Depression and Sexual Life in Women Having Vaginal Delivery

Year 2024, Volume: 4 Issue: 3, 291 - 306, 30.09.2024

Özden Tandoğan , Ümran Oskay , Aleyna Gürbüz

https://doi.org/10.52369/togusagbilderg.1458407

Abstract

Objective: To examine the effect of birth experience on postpartum depression and sexual life in women who had vaginal delivery.
Methods : This cross-sectional and descriptive study were obtained using online surveys with the snowball sampling method between December 2021 and May 2022. The population of the research includes women who have had a vaginal birth, living in Istanbul, and benefiting from Family Medicine services. The sample consists of 228 women across Istanbul. The sample group consisted of women who gave birth vaginally and were in the 6th and 12th months postpartum. Information form, Birth Experience Scale, Female Sexual Function Index and Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale were used to collect data.
Results: The average age of women is 29.04±5.01. In this study, a relationship was found between the level of depression and the employment status of women (p<0.05). Additionally, a relationship was found between satisfaction with sexual life during pregnancy and depression level (p<0.05). The total score average of the birth experience scale in the study is 61.24±14.71. The depression scale total score average is 11.18 ±6.30, and 59.6% of women do not have a risk of depression. It has been shown that the birth experience affects sexual function positively (r = 0.145) and negatively affects depression (r = -0.257).
Conclusion : We examined the relationship between birth experience, depression and sexual function and found that birth experience positively affects sexual function and negatively affects depression. This study reveals the effects of birth experience on women's depression and sexual health.

Keywords

Sexuality, sexual life, birth experience, depression, postpartum, normal birth

Vajinal Doğum Yapan Kadınlarda Doğum Deneyiminin Doğum Sonrası Depresyon ve Cinsel Yaşama Etkisi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışma vajinal doğum yapan kadınlarda doğum deneyiminin postpartum depresyon ve cinsel yaşam üzerine etkisini incelemek amacıyla yapıldı.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Kesitsel ve tanımlayıcı tipteki bu çalışma, Aralık 2021-Mayıs 2022 tarihleri arasında kartopu örnekleme yöntemi ile çevrimiçi anketler kullanılarak elde edilmiştir. Araştırmanın evrenini vajinal doğum yapmış, İstanbul'da yaşayan ve Aile Hekimliği hizmetlerinden yararlanan kadınlar oluşturmaktadır. Örneklem İstanbul genelinde 228 kadından oluşmaktadır. Örneklem grubu vajinal yolla doğum yapan, doğum sonrası 6. ve 12. aylarda olan kadınlardan oluşuyordu. Verilerin toplanmasında bilgi formu, Doğum Deneyimi Ölçeği, Kadın Cinsel İşlev İndeksi ve Edinburgh Doğum Sonrası Depresyon Ölçeği kullanılmıştır.
Bulgular: Kadınların yaş ortalaması 29,04±5,01'dir. Bu çalışmada kadınların depresyon düzeyleri ile çalışma durumları arasında ilişki bulunmuştur (p<0.05). Ayrıca gebelikte cinsel yaşamdan memnuniyet ile depresyon düzeyi arasında ilişki bulunmuştur (p<0.05). Araştırmada yer alan doğum deneyimi ölçeği toplam puan ortalaması 61,24±14,71'dir. Depresyon ölçeği toplam puan ortalaması 11.18 ±6.30 olup, kadınların %59.6'sında depresyon riski bulunmamaktadır. Doğum deneyiminin cinsel işlevi olumlu yönde etkilediği (r=0.145), depresyonu ise olumsuz etkilediği (r=-0.257) gösterilmiştir.
Sonuç : Doğum deneyimi, depresyon ve cinsel işlev arasındaki ilişkiyi inceledik ve doğum deneyiminin cinsel işlevi pozitif, depresyonu olumsuz etkilediğini saptadık. Bu çalışma, doğum deneyiminin kadınların depresyonu ve cinsel sağlığı üzerindeki etkilerini ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

Cinsellik, cinsel yaşam, doğum deneyimi, depresyon, postpartum, normal doğum

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