Giving women WOICE postpartum: prevalence of maternal morbidity in high-risk pregnancies using the WHO-WOICE instrument

Table 3 Social and sexual conditions among postpartum women

	Variable	PPC	%
		N = 515
*Substance use ^a	No	460	90.0
	Yes	51	10.0
Damage in the day to day due to the use of substance (N = 51)
	No	41	80.4
	Yes	10	19.6
Legal, social or financial problems due to the use of substance (N = 51)
	No	48	94.1
	Yes	3	5.9
Relatives concern regarding the use of substance (N = 51)
	No	17	33.3
	Yes	34	66.7
Tried to stop but couldn’t (N = 51) ^b
	No	25	50.0
	Yes	25	50.0
**Exposure to violence ^c	No	477	94.1
	Yes	30	5.9
***Exposure to sexual violence^d	No	490	99.2
	Yes	3	0.6
	Refused to answer	1	0.2
Sexual life after delivery ^e	No	345	67.5
	Yes	166	32.5
Mean time after delivery for returning sexual activity (weeks)		5.08 ± 1.75
Satisfaction with sexual life N = 166	No	18	10.8
	Yes	148	89.2
Reason of sexual unsatisfaction	Pain during sex	10	55.6
N = 18	Little or no interest in sex	9	50.0
	Decreased vaginal lubrication (dryness)	4	22.2
	Problems reaching orgasm	1	5.6
Use contraceptive method ^f	No	310	61.1
	Yes	197	38.9
Prescription of contraceptive method on the interview day ^g	No	111	22.8
Yes	Yes	375	77.2

Missing information* a: (4), b (1), c (8), d (21) e (4), e (3), f (8), g (29)
* Defined as use of the following substances: tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, marijuana (ganja), inhalants, sedatives or sleeping pills, hallucinogens, opioids and / or injectable drugs for non-medical use
** Women who responded no or never to the following question:
Since the delivery, was there ever a time when you were pushed, slapped, hit, kicked, or beaten by (any of) your husband/partner(s) or anyone else?
*** Women who responded no to the following question:
Since the delivery, has your current husband/partner ever forced you to have sexual intercourse when you did not want to, for example by threatening you or holding you down? OR Since the delivery, did you ever have sexual intercourse you did not want to because you were afraid of what your partner/husband might do if you refused? OR Since the delivery, did your husband/partner ever force you to do anything else sexual that you did not want or that you found degrading or humiliating?

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