Survey of Relationship between Sexual Self-efficacy and Sexual Life ?Quality with Marital ?Satisfaction in Primiparous Women after ?Childbirth

Background and Aims:The postpartum is an important period of women's lives that can influence their life quality, sexual function and marital relationships. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between sexual self-efficacy and sexual quality of life with marital satisfaction in primiparous women after delivery. Materials and Methods:The research samples were 104 primiparous women with a vaginal delivery, in 8 week postpartum, that referred to in Mashhad health centers. In this study, the sexual quality of life questionnaire, sexual self efficacy questionnaire, and marital satisfaction scales were used as data collection tools. Collected Data were analyzed by spss software and descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. Results:The average score for sexual self-efficacy was 49/61±12/63, and sexual QOL score was 79/91±13/01 and marital satisfaction score was 65/37 ± 17/4 in primiparous women. 56/7% of? the women had medium marital satisfaction, 23/1%? poor marital satisfaction and? 20/2% had good marital satisfaction. The findings indicated that the sexual quality of life (r = 0.45, p = .000) and sexual self-efficacy(r=0.44, p=.000)in women have a positive effects on marital satisfaction. Conclusion:According to the relationship between marital satisfaction with sexual self efficacy and quality of sexual life, it seems that improving Women's sexual quality of life and sexual self-efficacy play important roles on successful marital life in the postpartum period