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Table 1 The Relationship between participants’ Characteristics with Female Sexual Function index and Depression

From: Association of depression with sexual function in women with history of recurrent pregnancy Loss: descriptive-correlational study in Tehran, Iran

Demographic Characteristics

Categories

Number (percentage)

FSFI

Depression

Median(95% confidence interval)

Test result

Median(95% confidence interval)

Test result

Education level

High school or lower

17 (13.1)

24.7 (23.4,29.1)

††P = 0.098

17 (12,27)

††P = 0.093

Diploma

41 (32.3)

28.85 (26.8,29.7)

11 (6,14)

Higher education

71 (54.6)

27.9 (26.9,29.45)

11 (7,13)

Job status

Housewife

95 (73.1)

27.9 (26.2,29)

†P = 0.669

12 (9,14)

†P = 0.569

Employed

35 (26.9)

28.9 (26.4,29.8)

9 (5,18)

Spouse’s education level

High school or lower

22 (17)

25.7 (23.4,29)

††P = 0.01

17 (10.5,23)

††P = 0.075

Diploma

36 (27.7)

26.9 (25.5,28.4)

13 (9.5,14)

Higher education

72 (55.4)

29.2 (27.9,29.65)

8.5 (5,11.5)

Spouse’s occupation

Self-employment

85 (65.4)

28 (26.15,29)

†P = 0.332

12 (9,14)

†P = 0.439

Government job

45 (34.6)

28.6 (27.1,29.79)

11 (6,13)

Economic situation

Undesirable

20 (15.4)

29 (25.5,29.45)

††P = 0.033

14 (10,22)

††P = 0.028

Moderate

94 (72.3)

27.3 (26,28.85)

11.5 (9,13.5)

Desirable

16 (12.3)

30 (27.8,31.1)

4.5 (3,12.5)

Duration of marriage (year)

5>

24 (18.5)

27.2 (25.3,29.6)

††P = 0.466

13.5 (7,18)

††P = 0.347

5-9 yr

66 (50.8)

28.45 (26.1,29.19)

13 (9,14)

10-14 yr

40 (30.8)

28.6 (26.7,29.7)

7 (4,12)

Contraception

No

64 (49.2)

28.9 (27.4,29.45)

†P = 0.46

11.5 (9,14.48)

†P = 0.704

Yes

66 (50.8)

27.3 (25.9,28.95)

11 (7,13.5)

History of infertility

No

79 (60.8)

27.9 (26.4,29.15)

†P = 0.683

11 (7,13)

†P = 0.094

Yes

51 (39.2)

28.1 (26,29.2)

14 (9,17)

Type of miscarriage

Primary

92 (70.8)

27.95 (26.2,29)

†P = 0.444

12.5 (9,15)

†P = 0.125

Secondary

38 (29.2)

28.7 (26.4,29.8)

7 (5,13)

Time of Last miscarriage

(month)

12>

66 (50.8)

28.8 (27.2,29.2)

††P = 0.561

12 (9,14.5)

††P = 0.352

12–24

33 (25.4)

28 (25.7,29.89)

9 (6,13)

24≤

32 (23.8)

27.1 (23.4,29.1)

13 (4,18)

Age (years(

30>

48 (36.9)

26.5 (25.6,28.1)

††P = 0.18

11 (7,16)

††P = 0.976

30–39

75 (57.7)

29 (27.6,29.6)

12 (8,13)

40≤

7 (5.4)

29.7 (16.55,31.55)

9 (4,32.5)

Spouse’s age (years(

30>

13 (10)

26.6 (25.2,29.05)

††P = 0.782

11 (8.5,17)

††P = 0.315

30–39

89 (68.5)

28.4 (26.4,29.1)

12 (9,14)

40≤

28 (21.5)

28.55 (24.71,29.75)

7.5 (2,13)

  1. †Mann-Whitney Test ††Kruskal-Wallis Test