An assessment of sexuality and depression in high-risk pregnancies

• Grant number: 15/10848-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2016
• End date: June 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology
• Principal Investigator: Gláucia Rosana Guerra Benute
• Grantee: Evelyn Bonani Vasconcelos
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina (FM). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The scientific literature shows that pregnant women without clinical complications present progressive decrease in the frequency of sexual intercourse during pregnancy. However there are no studies describing the sexuality of women that have clinical complications associated with pregnancy. In this way, this study aims to satisfaction with respect to sexuality and the association with the presence of depression. For both will be invited to participate in the study 50 pregnant women with clinical events that are in the outpatient clinic of the Division of Clinical Obstetrics of tertiary university hospital waiting for the consultation of the specialized pre-natal. For this evaluation will be used FSFI (Female Sexual Function Index) and the PRIME-MD. Will be performed qualitative and quantitative analysis of the data.