فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background and aimToday, women have a tendency for cesarean. One of the reasons is thought to be their belief in the effect of normal delivery on postpartum sexual activities. With respect to the high rate of cesarean in Tehran and lack of enough evidence in this regard, this historical cohort study was conducted to identify a relationship between delivery type and postpartum sexual activity of women referring to selected healthcare centers of Tehran in 2009. Material and methodsThis study is to historical cohort reason of sexual activities of 140 women with vaginal delivery (case group) were compared with 140 women with cesarean (control group). A questionnaire regarding demographics and sexual activities was used for data collection, validated and made reliable by content and test-retest methods respectively. Data were analyzed by different statistical methods with Spss 13. FindingsA significant relationship was found between income as well as educational level of women and selection of delivery type (P