Sexual self-care, quality of sexual life and fertility desire in women attending comprehensive health centers in Urmia, Iran.

IF 2.4 3区医学 Q2 OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

BMC Women's Health Pub Date : 2025-01-10 DOI:10.1186/s12905-024-03532-y

Behrouz Fathi, Shima Kia, Vahid Alinejad, Ehsan Rikhtegar, Firoozeh Gebleh, MoradAli Zareipour

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Abstract

Background: Sexual self-care and quality of sexual life are critical factors in women's health. These factors can also influence women's fertility desire. This study aims to examine sexual self-care, quality of sexual life, and their relationship with fertility desire in women attending comprehensive health centers in Urmia.

Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 384 women which were randomly selected using a multistage sampling method. Data were collected using standard validity and reliability questionnaires of sexual self-care, quality of sexual life and fertility desire. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA, independent t-test, and multiple regression.

Results: The average age of the participants was 32.92 ± 8.03 years. Women's education level and economic status were significantly associated with fertility desire (P < 0.05). Additionally, sexual self-care (B = 0.490,p < 0.001) and the quality of sexual life (B = 0.232,p < 0.001) were strong predictors of fertility desire. Together, they accounted for 92.8% of the variance in total fertility desire scores.

Conclusion: Sexual self-care and the quality of women's sexual life are directly related to the fertility desire. Therefore, Participating in training workshops on body anatomy, menstrual cycle and sexual self-care techniques, providing private counseling sessions to investigate sexual concerns and problems, and providing suitable solutions will help women's fertility desire.

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伊朗乌尔米娅综合保健中心妇女的性自我保健、性生活质量和生育愿望。

背景：性自我保健和性生活质量是影响女性健康的关键因素。这些因素也会影响女性的生育欲望。本研究旨在探讨乌尔米亚综合保健中心妇女的性自我保健、性生活质量及其与生育愿望的关系。方法：采用多阶段抽样方法，对随机抽取的384名妇女进行描述性分析研究。采用性自我保健、性生活质量和生育意愿标准效度和信度问卷收集数据。数据分析采用单因素方差分析、独立t检验和多元回归。结果：患者平均年龄32.92±8.03岁。结论：女性的性自我保健和性生活质量与生育意愿有直接关系。因此，参加身体解剖、月经周期和性自我护理技巧的培训工作坊，提供私人咨询课程，调查性担忧和问题，并提供合适的解决方案，将有助于女性的生育欲望。

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BMC Women's Health OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY-

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

4.00%

发文量

444

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： BMC Women''s Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the health and wellbeing of adolescent girls and women, with a particular focus on the physical, mental, and emotional health of women in developed and developing nations. The journal welcomes submissions on women''s public health issues, health behaviours, breast cancer, gynecological diseases, mental health and health promotion.