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The time of consummation of marriage and related factors in women visited at health care centers and hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science in Tehran 2009
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Masoumeh Amini   , Giti Ozgoli * , Mahyar Azar , Hamid Alavi Majd |
| Instructor, Department of midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. , gozgoli@yahoo.com |
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Abstract: (10020 Views) |
| Background and Aim: Unconsummated marriage has been seen in some cases. This study was run to determine the time of consummation of marriage and related factors in women referred to health care centers and hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science in Tehran in 2009. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 200 consecutive women. The maximum length of marriage in these women was 4 months and they did not have any known medical or psychiatric disease or addiction. The time of consummating was recorded using questioner and the role of personal and social characteristics were determined. Not being successful in first trying for consummating was also recorded and 2 test was used for analysis. Results: Findings showed that in 200 women aged 24.7±4.44 y with marriage duration of 3.47±3.44 months, the rate of unsuccessful first try for consummating was %61. Conclusion: It seems that delay in consummating the marriage should be investigated. We recommend further assessment of this problem and its causes, especially because this is a new field of research. |
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| Keywords: Marriage, Unconsummated Marriage, Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological, Sexual Attitudes, Coitus |
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Type of Study: Original |
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Medicine
Received: 2017 | Accepted: 2017 | Published: 2017
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