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AFRICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, no.5, pp.30-38, 2024 (SSCI, Scopus)
This study aimed to explore the relationship between sleep quality and quality of sexual life in pregnant women. This cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted with 362 pregnant women. Data were collected using a "Sociodemographic Information Form", the "Cumhuriyet Subjective Sleep Quality Scale (CSSQS)", and the "Sexual Quality of Life Questionnaire-Female (SQLQF)". Descriptive statistics, pearson correlation analysis, and simple linear regression analysis were used for data analysis. There was a statistically significant negative correlation between the mean scores of the pregnant women on CSSQS and its subscales and their mean scores on SQLQ-F (p<0.05). It was seen that the sleep quality of pregnant women had a significant negative effect on their quality of sexual life (p<0.001). In pregnant women, the level of sleep quality explained 30.4% of the quality of sexual life. It was concluded that their quality of sexual life was negatively affected as pregnant women sleep quality decreased.