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Prevalence and factors associated with early resumption of sexual intercourse among postpartum women: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Self-Care Practices for Puerperal Sepsis Prevention and Associated Factors Among Postnatal Women in Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CarePooled it
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- The lived experiences and explanation of women's postpartum sexual and reproductive health: a qualitative study.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- Is 6 Weeks Postpartum Too Late for Contraceptive Counseling in the U.S.? A Look into the Timing of Postpartum Intercourse.Journal of sex research · 2025Article
- Assessing husbands' knowledge and willingness regarding postpartum sexual resumption: a study of male partners in the Bongo District.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Intimate partner sexual violence and early resumption of sexual intercourse among married postpartum women in Ethiopia: a survival analysis using Performance Monitoring for Action data.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Expanding access to postpartum contraception.Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology · 2024Review
- Sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis among adolescent girls and young women in the early postpartum period: a cross-sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Early resumption of sexual intercourse and associated factors among postpartum women in sub-Saharan Africa: Analysis of recent Demographic and Health Survey data (2019-2024).Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
introductionPostpartum sexual health is indicated by a resumption of sexual activity as well as arousal, desire, orgasm, and sexual satisfaction. The issue of resuming sexual intercourse after childbirth has received limited attention because healthcare professionals rarely provide adequate care to postnatal women. The present study aimed to ascertain the overall prevalence of early resumption of sexual intercourse among most women.
methodsSearches were conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, Science Direct, Google Scholar, African Journals Online, and the Cochrane Library. Data were extracted using Microsoft Excel, and STATA version 14 was used for analysis. Publication bias was checked by funnel plot, Egger, and Begg regression tests. A p-value of 0.05 was regarded to indicate potential publication bias. Using I2 statistics, the heterogeneity of the studies was evaluated. By country, a subgroup analysis was conducted. A sensitivity analysis was carried out to determine the effect of each study's findings on the overall estimate. The random effects model was used to assess the overall effect of the study and then measured using prevalence rates and odds ratio with 95% CI.
resultsTwenty-one studies with 4,482 postpartum women participants were included in the study. The pooled prevalence of early resumption sexual intercourse among post-partum women was 57.26% (95% CI 50.14, 64.39) with significant heterogeneity between studies (I2 = 99.2%; P-value ≤ 0.000) observed. Current contraceptive use (AOR = 1.48, 95%CI = 1.03, 6.21), primipara (AOR = 2.88, 95%CI = 1.41, 5.89), and no history of severe genital injury on the last delivery (AOR = 2.27, 95%CI = 1.05, 4.93) were significantly associated with early resumption of sexual intercourse.
conclusionThis study found that more than half of women resumed sexual intercourse early after giving birth. This suggests that a significant number of women may be at higher risk of unwanted pregnancies, short birth intervals, and postpartum sepsis. Thus, stakeholders should improve the integration of postpartum sexual education with maternal health services to reduce the resumption of postpartum sexual intercourse.
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