Which factors determine the sexual function 1 year after childbirth?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 914-918

  Van Brummen, H J ^a   Bruinse, H W ^a   Van De Pol, G ^a   Heintz, A P M ^a   Van Der Vaart, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Maudsley Marital Questionnaire (MMQ); Pregnancy; Sexual intercourse; Sexual relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INJURY; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NULLIPARA; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION;

ADULT; COITUS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC FLOOR; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746132770     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01017.x     Document Type: Article

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