Masoumeh Sadat Mousavi; Seyedeh Leila Dehghani; Mohammad Fararouei; Parvin Afsar Kazerooni; Maryam Nasirian; Haleh Ghaem
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Background: Life satisfaction is a comprehensive concept reflecting the general feeling of people about the society in which they live. Previous research has found that health status is associated with life satisfaction. Sexual intercourse is of physiological and psychological needs, which is closely ...
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Background: Life satisfaction is a comprehensive concept reflecting the general feeling of people about the society in which they live. Previous research has found that health status is associated with life satisfaction. Sexual intercourse is of physiological and psychological needs, which is closely associated with the wellbeing of any individual. In this study, we examined life satisfaction in Marvdasht, Fars province.Methods: This population-based survey was conducted in 2016 among Marvdasht urban and rural population aged 18-50 years. The participants were selected via cluster random sampling. A telephone survey was conducted to complete an interviewadministered questionnaire. Significance level in this study was considered 0.05. All stages of data analysis was done in SPSS22 software.Results: A total of 3879 participants from urban and rural areas of Marvdasht were interviewed. There was a difference between urban and rural men in terms of sexual satisfaction (P=0.01) (7.90±2.01 vs. 8.15±1.89) and life satisfaction (P=0.011) (5.64±3.54 vs. 5.14±3.71). Satisfaction in both cases in men in urban areas was better than men in rural areas. Also, the average score of sexual satisfaction was higher in rural men compared with that in urban male residents (P=0.01). Regarding women, at error level of 0.05, there was a difference between urban and rural women in terms of sexual satisfaction (P<0.0001) (8.62±1.502 vs. 9.12±0.789) and life satisfaction (P<0.0001) (8.37±1.641vs. 9.13±0.669), so that satisfaction in both cases in women in rural areas was higher than men in urban areas.Conclusion: Life satisfaction had a close relationship to geographical areas of residence. However, this was for women living in rural areas than women living in urban areas in both cases.
Maryam Nikbina; Zahra Pajohideh
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Background: Overall, women make up a third of the world’s workforce. With the heavy increase in the number of working women, marital dissatisfaction will also increase. While the strength of the marital relationship without having satisfactory sex is in jeopardy, paying attention to sexual satisfaction ...
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Background: Overall, women make up a third of the world’s workforce. With the heavy increase in the number of working women, marital dissatisfaction will also increase. While the strength of the marital relationship without having satisfactory sex is in jeopardy, paying attention to sexual satisfaction is an essential part of healthcare standards; it is also part of sexual health in women. The present study aimed to determine the relationship between the of job and sexual function and satisfaction in Ahwaz city. Methods: The is a descriptive-analytic cross-sectional study. The sampling was done through random-convenience method on 685 women who referred to the health centers and hospital in Ahwaz (137 housewives and 548 employees in educational, health, medical, and administrative and service sectors) and had the inclusion criteria. A three-part questionnaire was used which included questions on a) personal characteristics including age, occupation type, years past from marriage, the number of children, age of youngest child, age of spouse and preventing pregnancy, b) Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), and c) Larson Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire. Results: There was a significant relationship between the type of job with lubrication, satisfaction, intercourse pain, total sexual function, and sexual satisfaction scores. Conclusion: According to the results of the study, it seems that there is an relationship between the type of job with lubrication, satisfaction, intercourse pain, total sexual function and sexual satisfaction scores (P=0.4); due to increase in the number of employed women, the detecting and solving of sexual dysfunctions have a significant effect on improving the quality of marital relationships, which is an important step in order to prevent family disputes and its consequences.
Arash Mani; Maryam Fattahi; Akbar Rasekhi Kazerouni; Leila Khabir
Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2018, , Pages 16-22
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Aim: Sexual relation is an important and sensitive subject among human beings. A life domain that has received very little attention is patients' satisfaction with their sex life, also called sexual satisfaction. Physical illnesses and mental disorders affect sexual satisfaction. The aim of this project ...
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Aim: Sexual relation is an important and sensitive subject among human beings. A life domain that has received very little attention is patients' satisfaction with their sex life, also called sexual satisfaction. Physical illnesses and mental disorders affect sexual satisfaction. The aim of this project was to compare sexual satisfaction among psychiatric, internal medicine patients and healthy controls. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. Statistical population consisted of all the patients who referred to the clinic during the spring of 2017 as psychiatric and internal medicine outpatients who were referred to Emam Reza and Motahari policlinic affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS). 200 patients with psychiatric disorder, 200 patients with internal disease, and 200 healthy controls were selected using convenience sampling to participate in the study. They filled out demographic information questionnaire and Larson Sexual Satisfaction (LSS). Findings: The groups differed significantly in variance analysis in terms of sexual satisfaction (F=29.27, p= 0.001), compatibility (F=5.77, p= 0.003), quality (F=23.79, p= 0.001), and attitude (F=15.26, p= 0.001). Discussion: The results of the study indicated a lower rate of sexual satisfaction in the psychiatric patients compared to internal medicine patients and healthy controls.