NCT02245386

Effects of Pregnancy and Childbirth on Pelvic Floor Morphology and Sexual Function in Egyptian Women

Effects of Pregnancy and Parturition on Pelvic Floor Morphology and Sexual Function in Egyptian Women.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Al-Azhar University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To evaluate levator ani muscle morphology following normal vaginal delivery and cesarean section (elective and emergent), using three-dimensional (3D) transperineal ultrasound, and to study the effect of mode of delivery on female sexual function.

Detailed description

1. transperineal pelvic floor ultrasound applied for the submitted 120 women "primiparae" (40 women after normal vaginal delivery), (40 women after urgent cesarean section), (40 women after elective cesarean section), in early postpartum period (48 to 72) hours postpartum, to evaluate levator ani morphology. 2. answering of the validated female sexual function index (F.S.F.I) three months postpartum period for same cases submitted to ultrasound.

Conditions

• Pregnancy, Childbirth and Puerperal Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
RADIATION	transperineal pelvic floor ultrasound	Transperineal pelvic floor ultrasound applied for the submitted 120 women "primiparae" (40 women after normal vaginal delivery), (40 women after urgent cesarean section), (40 women after elective cesarean section), in early postpartum period (48 to 72) hours postpartum, to evaluate levator ani morphology.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-05-01
• Primary completion: 2014-02-01
• Completion: 2014-04-01
• First posted: 2014-09-19
• Last updated: 2014-09-19