The correlation between sexual dysfunction and intimate partner violence in young women during pregnancy

Table 2 Sexual function and frequency of sexual dysfunction in young pregnant women (n = 346)

Sexual function	Mean (SD)^a	Sexual dysfunction	N (%) ^b
Desire	3.5 (1.1)	Desire	133 (38.4)
Arousal	3.9 (1.3)	Arousal	103 (29.8)
Lubrication	4.4 (1.3)	Lubrication	55 (15.9)
Orgasm	4.4 (1.4)	Orgasm	62 (17.9)
Satisfaction	5.0 (1.0)	Satisfaction	42 (12.1)
Pain	4.1 (1.7)	Pain	128 (37.0)
Total sexual function score	25.4 (5.9)	Total sexual dysfunction	228 (65.9)

Possible range scores for all domains are 0–6 except for the desire which it is 1.2–6 and for the total function is 2–36, higher scores show better sexual function. The cut-off points for sub domain and sexual dysfunction were as follows: sexual desire ≤3.3, sexual arousal ≤3.4, lubrication ≤3.4, sexual pain ≤3.8, orgasm ≤3.4, sexual satisfaction ≤3.8 and sexual dysfunction ≤28
^aStandard Deviation
^bNumber (percent)

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