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Effect of coitus at term on length of gestation, induction of labor, and mode of delivery.

OBJECTIVE: To determine coital incidence at term and to estimate its effect on labor onset and mode of delivery. METHODS: Healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies and established gestational age were recruited to keep a diary of coital activity from 36 weeks of gestation until birth and to a...

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Main Authors: Tan, Peng Chiong, Andi Asri, Andi Anggeriana, Mat Adenan, Noor Azmi, Mohd Nordin, Noraihan
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Published: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins 2006
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spelling my.upm.eprints.142122016-01-21T01:52:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14212/ Effect of coitus at term on length of gestation, induction of labor, and mode of delivery. Tan, Peng Chiong Andi Asri, Andi Anggeriana Mat Adenan, Noor Azmi Mohd Nordin, Noraihan OBJECTIVE: To determine coital incidence at term and to estimate its effect on labor onset and mode of delivery. METHODS: Healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies and established gestational age were recruited to keep a diary of coital activity from 36 weeks of gestation until birth and to answer a short questionnaire. Two hundred women with complete coital diaries were available for analysis. Outcome measures include coitus, postdate pregnancy (defined as pregnancy beyond the estimated date of confinement), gestational length of at least 41 weeks, labor induction at 41 weeks of gestation, and mode of delivery. RESULTS: Reported sexual intercourse at term was influenced by a woman's perception of coital safety, her ethnicity, and her partner's age. After multivariable logistic regression analysis controlling for the women's ethnicity, education, occupation, perception of coital safety, and partner's age, coitus at term remained independently associated with reductions in postdate pregnancy (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 0.28, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.13-0.58, P = .001), gestational length of at least 41 weeks (AOR 0.10, 95% CI 0.04-0.28, P < .001), and requirement for labor induction at 41 weeks of gestation (AOR 0.08, 95% CI 0.03-0.26, P < .001). At 39 weeks of gestation, 5 (95% CI 3.3-10.3) couples needed to have intercourse to avoid one woman having to undergo labor induction at 41 weeks of gestation. Coitus at term had no significant effect on operative delivery (adjusted P = .15). CONCLUSION: Reported sexual intercourse at term was associated with earlier onset of labor and reduced requirement for labor induction at 41 weeks. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins 2006-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14212/1/Effect%20of%20coitus%20at%20term%20on%20length%20of%20gestation.pdf Tan, Peng Chiong and Andi Asri, Andi Anggeriana and Mat Adenan, Noor Azmi and Mohd Nordin, Noraihan (2006) Effect of coitus at term on length of gestation, induction of labor, and mode of delivery. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 108 (1). pp. 134-140. ISSN 0029-7844, ESSN: 1873-233X http://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/pages/default.aspx 10.1097/01.AOG.0000223229.83920.af English
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description OBJECTIVE: To determine coital incidence at term and to estimate its effect on labor onset and mode of delivery. METHODS: Healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies and established gestational age were recruited to keep a diary of coital activity from 36 weeks of gestation until birth and to answer a short questionnaire. Two hundred women with complete coital diaries were available for analysis. Outcome measures include coitus, postdate pregnancy (defined as pregnancy beyond the estimated date of confinement), gestational length of at least 41 weeks, labor induction at 41 weeks of gestation, and mode of delivery. RESULTS: Reported sexual intercourse at term was influenced by a woman's perception of coital safety, her ethnicity, and her partner's age. After multivariable logistic regression analysis controlling for the women's ethnicity, education, occupation, perception of coital safety, and partner's age, coitus at term remained independently associated with reductions in postdate pregnancy (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 0.28, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.13-0.58, P = .001), gestational length of at least 41 weeks (AOR 0.10, 95% CI 0.04-0.28, P < .001), and requirement for labor induction at 41 weeks of gestation (AOR 0.08, 95% CI 0.03-0.26, P < .001). At 39 weeks of gestation, 5 (95% CI 3.3-10.3) couples needed to have intercourse to avoid one woman having to undergo labor induction at 41 weeks of gestation. Coitus at term had no significant effect on operative delivery (adjusted P = .15). CONCLUSION: Reported sexual intercourse at term was associated with earlier onset of labor and reduced requirement for labor induction at 41 weeks.
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author Tan, Peng Chiong
Andi Asri, Andi Anggeriana
Mat Adenan, Noor Azmi
Mohd Nordin, Noraihan
spellingShingle Tan, Peng Chiong
Andi Asri, Andi Anggeriana
Mat Adenan, Noor Azmi
Mohd Nordin, Noraihan
Effect of coitus at term on length of gestation, induction of labor, and mode of delivery.
author_facet Tan, Peng Chiong
Andi Asri, Andi Anggeriana
Mat Adenan, Noor Azmi
Mohd Nordin, Noraihan
author_sort Tan, Peng Chiong
title Effect of coitus at term on length of gestation, induction of labor, and mode of delivery.
title_short Effect of coitus at term on length of gestation, induction of labor, and mode of delivery.
title_full Effect of coitus at term on length of gestation, induction of labor, and mode of delivery.
title_fullStr Effect of coitus at term on length of gestation, induction of labor, and mode of delivery.
title_full_unstemmed Effect of coitus at term on length of gestation, induction of labor, and mode of delivery.
title_sort effect of coitus at term on length of gestation, induction of labor, and mode of delivery.
publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
publishDate 2006
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