Sexual dysfunction and related factors in pregnancy and postpartum: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sexual dysfunction refers to a chain of psychiatric, individual, and couple's experiences that manifests itself as a dysfunction in sexual desire, sexual arousal, orgasm, and pain during intercourse. The aim of this systematic review will be to assess the sexual dysfunction and determine the relevant factors to sexual dysfunction during pregnancy and postpartum.

Methods and analysis

All observational studies, including descriptive, descriptive-analytic, case-control, and cohort studies published between 1990 and 2019, will be included in the study. Review articles, case studies, case reports, letter to editors, pilot studies, and editorial will be excluded from the study. The search will be conducted in the Cochrane Central Register, MEDLINE, Google Scholar, EMBAS

SUBMITTER: Banaei M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6612152 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature