TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of tubal sterilization and vasectomy on female marital sexuality
T2 - Results of a controlled longitudinal study
AU - Shain, Rochelle N.
AU - Miller, Warren B.
AU - Holden, Alan E.C.
AU - Rosenthal, Marc
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: and Transnational Family Research Institute, Palo Alto.' Supported by grant 13459 from the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, Center for Population Research, Bethesda, Maryland. Received for publication May 11, 1990; revised September 25, 1990; accepted October 24, 1990. Reprint requests: Rochelle N. Shain, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX 78284.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - To determine if female or male sterilization affects long-term female marital sexuality, we prospectively compared baseline data and 5 consecutive years of follow-up data from 152 tubal sterilization women, 106 vasectomy wives, and 83 women not planning sterilization. By follow-up year 5, no group of women expressed any change in satisfaction with their own sexual response; however, all groups showed a significant decrease across time in satisfaction with their sexual relationship, in coital desire, and in coital frequency. There were no group differences in overall net changes or in rates of change over the 5-year period. However, two short-term group differences were noted: a decrease in coital desire among women not planning sterilization between baseline and follow-up year 4, compared with increases for both sterilization groups, and an increase in coital frequency at the first follow-up year only in the tubal sterilization group. These data indicate that there are no detrimental effects and some short-term benefits of both sterilization procedures on female marital sexuality.
AB - To determine if female or male sterilization affects long-term female marital sexuality, we prospectively compared baseline data and 5 consecutive years of follow-up data from 152 tubal sterilization women, 106 vasectomy wives, and 83 women not planning sterilization. By follow-up year 5, no group of women expressed any change in satisfaction with their own sexual response; however, all groups showed a significant decrease across time in satisfaction with their sexual relationship, in coital desire, and in coital frequency. There were no group differences in overall net changes or in rates of change over the 5-year period. However, two short-term group differences were noted: a decrease in coital desire among women not planning sterilization between baseline and follow-up year 4, compared with increases for both sterilization groups, and an increase in coital frequency at the first follow-up year only in the tubal sterilization group. These data indicate that there are no detrimental effects and some short-term benefits of both sterilization procedures on female marital sexuality.
KW - Female marital sexuality
KW - change in sexuality
KW - tubal sterilization
KW - vasectomy
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9378(91)90511-O
DO - 10.1016/0002-9378(91)90511-O
M3 - Article
C2 - 2003538
AN - SCOPUS:0026031744
VL - 164
SP - 763
EP - 771
JO - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
JF - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
SN - 0002-9378
IS - 3
ER -