%0 Journal Article %T Investigating the Relationship between Oral Health Related Life Quality and the Severity of Dental Caries in Children %A Duangporn Duangthip %A Sherry Shiqian Gao %A Kitty Jieyi Chen %A Edward Chin Man Lo %A Chun Hung Chu %J Turkish journal of Dental Hygiene %@ 3062-3472 %D 2023 %V 3 %N 1 %R 10.51847/hRLJbKoNZM %P 22-28 %X Sexuality, which plays an essential and significant role in human life, is provided through healthy sexual organs. Therefore, any disease in the genital area, including vaginitis, can interfere with these tendencies and thus affect the quality of life of the individual. The researchers, therefore, conducted a study aimed at comparing sexual satisfaction in pregnant women with vaginal candidiasis. This is a cross-sectional study to evaluate the effect of Candida vaginitis infection on sexual satisfaction that should be considered in healthy individuals and comparative work. Therefore, in this study, 160 pregnant mothers referred to the gynecology clinic, Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Tehran were selected by convenience sampling method and divided into two groups of healthy pregnant women and vaginal candidiasis women (each group 80 people). Data were collected using the Larson Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire. After data collection, data were analyzed in SPSS software and analyzed by independent t-test. The results showed that sexual satisfaction in healthy pregnant women was slightly higher than pregnant women with vaginal candidiasis, and there was a significant difference between the two groups regarding sexual satisfaction (p %U https://tsdp.net/article/investigating-the-relationship-between-oral-health-related-life-quality-and-the-severity-of-dental-c-2lf6bqrussybt3o