Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turkiye Klinikleri Jinekoloji Obstetrik, cilt.23, sa.1, ss.27-35, 2013 (Scopus)
Objective: Dyspareunia idefined as in the genital pain experienced during sexual intercourse before or after, although it is very common especially among women, it is often not diagnosed but it is a very important sexual health problem. The aims of this study was to determine the frequency of dyspareunia among married women, to study some of the factors thought to be associated with dyspareunia and to evaluate the quality of life. Material and Methods: The research is a cross sectional survey conduct between October 20th, 2010 and December 20th, 2010 at Çökekler Health Clinic region on married women who 15-49 aged. The prepared utilizing literature to the study aim questionnaire was filled up by 1180 married women who accepted to participate in the research.under supervision. The definitions were as follows: if women suffer that pain during sexual intercourse or after, it was accepted as "Dyspareunia". SF-36 scale was used in evaluating the quality of life. The data obtained was evaluated using SPSS (version 15.0) Program. A chi-square test and Student t test were used for the analyses. Statistical significance was considered to be p<0.05. Results: The women were between 17 and 49 years old, and their average age was 39.1±7.7 years. The results of the study showed that %20.2 (238) of the women had dyspareunia. As the increased age, the prevalance of dyspareunia reduced (p<0.05). The prevalance of dyspareunia increased who family income is in good ones, having a nuclear family, don't determine obesity, menarche age is 14 and over, having history that dysmenorrhea and chronic pelvic pain, users of intrauterine device and oral contraceptives for contraception methods (for each; p<0.05). Presence of dyspareunia reduced quality life to a statistically significant extent, excluding physical functioning, physical role and emotional (for each; p>0.05). Conclusion: This study found that women with dyspareunia to be worse of health-related quality of life than women without dyspareunia.Studies of raise awareness should be done to solve the problem. Additionally women had complained of dyspareunia should be directed to specialist and medical and social research in the area would be benefical. Copyright © 2013 by Türkiye Klinikleri.