Effect of Sex Education on Infertile Females’ Genital Self-image
Background and purpose: When couples understand about their fertility problems their mental image might change or experience problems in sexual activities. This research aimed at investigating the effect of sex education on genital self-image in infertile women. Materials and methods: In this clinic...
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| author | Nahid Marvi Nahid Golmakani Habibollah Esmaeli Hossein Shareh |
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| description | Background and purpose: When couples understand about their fertility problems their mental image might change or experience problems in sexual activities. This research aimed at investigating the effect of sex education on genital self-image in infertile women.
Materials and methods: In this clinical trial, convenient sampling was done and random allocation was conducted according to odd and even days in 108 women in Mashhad Milad Infertility Center, 2016. Fifty four infertile women were randomly placed in experimental groups (n= 5- 8 per group) and 54 women were in control group. Three 90-minute educational sessions were held whithin three weeks. After a month, post-test was taken by both groups. Data was collected using a demographic questiionnare, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), and Female Genital Self-Image Scale (FGSIS). Data analysis was done in SPSS V16 applying Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test, Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon, covariance analysis, Chi-square, and Fisher test.
Results: The scores for sexual self-image was not significantly different between the intervention and control groups before the intervention (P=0.715). But, a month after sex education, the score showed significant differences between the two groups (P=0.001).
Conclusion: Sex education was found to have positive effects on genital self-image in infertile women, therefore, infertility centers are suggested to use such interventions to improve female genital self-image. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ca5058779f464d78ba8cac706564ed8d2023-01-25T07:42:23ZengMazandaran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences1735-92601735-92792018-03-0127158143153Effect of Sex Education on Infertile Females’ Genital Self-imageNahid Marvi0Nahid Golmakani1Habibollah Esmaeli2Hossein Shareh3 MSc Consultation in Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Assistant Professor,Evidence Based Caring Research Center, Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran PhD in Biostatistics, Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran Background and purpose: When couples understand about their fertility problems their mental image might change or experience problems in sexual activities. This research aimed at investigating the effect of sex education on genital self-image in infertile women. Materials and methods: In this clinical trial, convenient sampling was done and random allocation was conducted according to odd and even days in 108 women in Mashhad Milad Infertility Center, 2016. Fifty four infertile women were randomly placed in experimental groups (n= 5- 8 per group) and 54 women were in control group. Three 90-minute educational sessions were held whithin three weeks. After a month, post-test was taken by both groups. Data was collected using a demographic questiionnare, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), and Female Genital Self-Image Scale (FGSIS). Data analysis was done in SPSS V16 applying Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test, Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon, covariance analysis, Chi-square, and Fisher test. Results: The scores for sexual self-image was not significantly different between the intervention and control groups before the intervention (P=0.715). But, a month after sex education, the score showed significant differences between the two groups (P=0.001). Conclusion: Sex education was found to have positive effects on genital self-image in infertile women, therefore, infertility centers are suggested to use such interventions to improve female genital self-image.http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-9710-en.htmlsex educationgenital self-imageinfertile women |
| spellingShingle | Nahid Marvi Nahid Golmakani Habibollah Esmaeli Hossein Shareh Effect of Sex Education on Infertile Females’ Genital Self-image Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences sex education genital self-image infertile women |
| title | Effect of Sex Education on Infertile Females’ Genital Self-image |
| title_full | Effect of Sex Education on Infertile Females’ Genital Self-image |
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| title_short | Effect of Sex Education on Infertile Females’ Genital Self-image |
| title_sort | effect of sex education on infertile females genital self image |
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