The Relationship of Social Participation with Sexual Function and Satisfaction among Women of Reproductive Age

Journal of Midwifery & Reproductive Health

Sedighe Azhari¹  Seyyed Reza Mazlom²  Zahra Kamyabinia³  Negar Asghari Pour⁴ 

[1] Lecturer, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran;Lecturer, Evidence-Based Caring research center, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran;MSc in Midwifery, Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran;PhD of Psychology, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran;

关键词: Female;    Sexual function;    Sexual satisfaction;    Social;    Social participation;   

DOI  :  10.22038/jmrh.2017.9339

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background & aim: Sexual satisfaction is one of the most important aspects of sexual function, and it plays an essential role in marital satisfaction. This study was conducted to evaluate the relationship of social participation with female sexual function and satisfaction at reproductive age. Methods: In this comparative descriptive study, the data was obtained from a total of 284 married Iranian women who were divided into two groups of women with and without sexual dysfunction (n=142 in each group). The participants were selected via multi-cluster sampling method from public health centers in Mashhad, Iran, in 2015. The data collection tools included a socio-demographic form, Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), and Keyes Social Health (Participation) Questionnaire. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U test, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, and multiple regression were used in SPSS, version 20. Results: The mean age in two groups were 32.5±7.9 (with sexual dysfunction) and 31.1±7.2 (without sexual dysfunction) years, respectively. There was significant differences between the two groups in terms of social participation, sexual function (P

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