Effects of perineal trauma on postpartum sexual function

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2640-2649

  Rathfisch, Gulay ^a   Dikencik, Birsen Kucuk ^a   Kizilkaya Beji, Nezihe ^a   Comert, Nadir ^a   Tekirdag, Ali Ismet ^a   Kadioglu, Ateş ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Midwifery; Nursing; Perineal trauma; Postpartum sexual function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COITUS; DELIVERY; DYSPAREUNIA; EPISIOTOMY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LIBIDO; MALE; NURSING; ORGASM; PERINEUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; TIME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COITUS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYSPAREUNIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; ORGASM; PERINEUM; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551501123     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05428.x     Document Type: Article

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