Prevalence of sexual dysfunction and the associated factors among postpartum women who visit Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia in 2024: a facility-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sexual dysfunction is a common yet often neglected issue affecting the quality of life of postpartum women. It encompasses problems with desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction and pain. The postpartum period is the transition from pregnancy and childbirth back to a non-pregnant physiological state and this change may affect a woman's sexual health. So, the aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of sexual dysfunction and associated factors among postpartum women in Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital.

Method

An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from 18 March 2024 to 18 May 2024 on postpartum women. A total of 420 participants were included in the study who had been selected using systematic random sampling technique

SUBMITTER: Tadesse SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12742147 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature