NCT02338219

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Al-Azhar University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is t o evaluate levator ani morphology following normal vaginal delivery and cesarean section (elective and emergent), using three-dimensional (3D) 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
OTHER	postpartum female pelvic floor muscle affection	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.
OTHER	postpartum sexual function in Egyptian women.	answering of the validated female sexual function index (F.S.F.I) three months postpartum period for same cases submitted to ultrasound.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-05-01
• Primary completion: 2014-02-01
• Completion: 2014-02-01
• First posted: 2015-01-14
• Last updated: 2015-01-14