Evaluation of sexual function, quality of life, and mental and physical health in pregnant women.
Objective: To evaluate sexual function and its relationship with quality of life, and mental and physical health in pregnant women. Materials and methods: Obtained results showed that 59 (39/3%) pregnant women were "very dissatisfied", 25 (16/7%) women were "moderately dissatisfied&q...
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doaj-13efd30de8e94b9f81fa7be638de0e962021-04-02T15:20:56ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Family and Reproductive Health1735-89491735-93922013-12-0174251Evaluation of sexual function, quality of life, and mental and physical health in pregnant women.Amir Nik-Azin0Mohammad Reza Nainian1Mahnaz Zamani2Marjan Rabani Bavojdan3Mozhgan Rabani Bavojdan4Marjan Jamali Motlagh5Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Humanity, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Humanity, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Arak Science and Research Branch, Arak, Iran.Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Sistan and Balochestan University, Zahedan, Iran.Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran.Department of Psychology, University of science & culture, Tehran, Iran. Objective: To evaluate sexual function and its relationship with quality of life, and mental and physical health in pregnant women. Materials and methods: Obtained results showed that 59 (39/3%) pregnant women were "very dissatisfied", 25 (16/7%) women were "moderately dissatisfied", 64 (42/7%) women were "both satisfied and unsatisfied", only 2 (1/3%) women were relatively satisfied, and no one was "very satisfied". There is a significantly negative weak correlation between female sexual function with anxiety and depression, while there is a significantly positive weak correlation between female sexual function with the general quality of life, psychological health and environment dimensions. Only depression predicts female sexual function significantly. The women more than 10 years passed of their marriage showed more sexual satisfaction compared to those less than 10 years passed of their marriage (p< 0.05). The roles of predictive variables in sexual dissatisfaction, as well as the limitations for the study are discussed in the article. Results: Obtained results showed that 59 (39/3%) pregnant women were "very dissatisfied", 25 (16/7%) women were "moderately dissatisfied", 64 (42/7%) women were "both satisfied and unsatisfied", only 2 (1/3%) women were relatively satisfied, and no one was "very satisfied". There is a significantly negative weak correlation between female sexual function with anxiety and depression, while there is a significantly positive weak correlation between female sexual function with the general quality of life, psychological health and environment dimensions. Only depression predicts female sexual function significantly. The women more than 10 years passed of their marriage showed more sexual satisfaction compared to those less than 10 years passed of their marriage (p< 0.05). The roles of predictive variables in sexual dissatisfaction, as well as the limitations for the study are discussed in the article. Conclusion: Depression as same as environment heath had an important effect on sexual satisfaction in pregnant women and so assessment of depression and environment health in medical program for pregnant women is necessary. Also considering decrease in sexual satisfaction in aging training new methods for sexuality can be useful. https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/256Mental and Physical HealthQuality of LifeSexual Function |
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Amir Nik-Azin Mohammad Reza Nainian Mahnaz Zamani Marjan Rabani Bavojdan Mozhgan Rabani Bavojdan Marjan Jamali Motlagh Evaluation of sexual function, quality of life, and mental and physical health in pregnant women. Journal of Family and Reproductive Health Mental and Physical Health Quality of Life Sexual Function |
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Evaluation of sexual function, quality of life, and mental and physical health in pregnant women. |
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Evaluation of sexual function, quality of life, and mental and physical health in pregnant women. |
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Evaluation of sexual function, quality of life, and mental and physical health in pregnant women. |
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Evaluation of sexual function, quality of life, and mental and physical health in pregnant women. |
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Evaluation of sexual function, quality of life, and mental and physical health in pregnant women. |
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evaluation of sexual function, quality of life, and mental and physical health in pregnant women. |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences |
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Journal of Family and Reproductive Health |
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1735-8949 1735-9392 |
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Objective: To evaluate sexual function and its relationship with quality of life, and mental and physical health in pregnant women.
Materials and methods: Obtained results showed that 59 (39/3%) pregnant women were "very dissatisfied", 25 (16/7%) women were "moderately dissatisfied", 64 (42/7%) women were "both satisfied and unsatisfied", only 2 (1/3%) women were relatively satisfied, and no one was "very satisfied". There is a significantly negative weak correlation between female sexual function with anxiety and depression, while there is a significantly positive weak correlation between female sexual function with the general quality of life, psychological health and environment dimensions. Only depression predicts female sexual function significantly. The women more than 10 years passed of their marriage showed more sexual satisfaction compared to those less than 10 years passed of their marriage (p< 0.05). The roles of predictive variables in sexual dissatisfaction, as well as the limitations for the study are discussed in the article.
Results: Obtained results showed that 59 (39/3%) pregnant women were "very dissatisfied", 25 (16/7%) women were "moderately dissatisfied", 64 (42/7%) women were "both satisfied and unsatisfied", only 2 (1/3%) women were relatively satisfied, and no one was "very satisfied". There is a significantly negative weak correlation between female sexual function with anxiety and depression, while there is a significantly positive weak correlation between female sexual function with the general quality of life, psychological health and environment dimensions. Only depression predicts female sexual function significantly. The women more than 10 years passed of their marriage showed more sexual satisfaction compared to those less than 10 years passed of their marriage (p< 0.05). The roles of predictive variables in sexual dissatisfaction, as well as the limitations for the study are discussed in the article.
Conclusion: Depression as same as environment heath had an important effect on sexual satisfaction in pregnant women and so assessment of depression and environment health in medical program for pregnant women is necessary. Also considering decrease in sexual satisfaction in aging training new methods for sexuality can be useful.
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