• Frida Adhani E.S

This research supposed to find the differences in the sexual function of women after vaginal delivery compared to cesarean section in 4 weeks and 8 weeks postpartum. This study is a comparative analytic study with a prospective cohort design with 60 female subjects after vaginal delivery and cesarean section at the H. Adam Malik General Hospital Medan, and USU Hospital Medan in December 2019 to March 2020. Subjects were selected in consecutive sampling that had the inclusion and exclusion criteria, then an assessment of sexual function was performed with the FSFI questionnaire in 4 and 8 weeks postpartum. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, dependent/ independent T test, and ANOVA. p value less than 0.05 was applied to significantly by statistic test. Subjects were primiparous women, most of whom were in the age range of 25-30 years, with a senior high school education level that gave birth to a live baby with a newborn weight ranging from 3000-3500gr. The quality of female sexual function after vaginal delivery and cesarean section in 4 and 8 weeks (FSFI <26.55), sexual dysfunction still occurs. There were differences in the sexual function of women after vaginal delivery in 4 weeks and 8 weeks postpartum (p <0.05), as well as in women after cesarean section. There were differences in the sexual function of women after vaginal delivery compared to cesarean section in 4 weeks postpartum (p <0.05), but in 8 weeks postpartum no differences were found (p> 0.05). The type of delivery, both vaginal delivery and cesarean section did not affect the incidence of sexual dysfunction in postpartum women.

Sexual Function, FSFI, Vaginal Delivery, Cesarean Section

"THE COMPARISON OF PRIMIPARA WOMEN’S SEXUAL FUNCTION IN 4 AND 8 WEEK POST VAGINAL DELIVERY AND CESAREAN SECTION IN H. ADAM MALIK HOSPITAL MEDAN AND USU HOSPITAL MEDAN", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no.452-457, March-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103063.pdf

"THE COMPARISON OF PRIMIPARA WOMEN’S SEXUAL FUNCTION IN 4 AND 8 WEEK POST VAGINAL DELIVERY AND CESAREAN SECTION IN H. ADAM MALIK HOSPITAL MEDAN AND USU HOSPITAL MEDAN", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no. pp452-457, March-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103063.pdf