background: menopause and its physical, hormonal and psychosocial changes could affect women’s sexual function. there are controversial results regarding relationship between sexual attitudes and function. objective: we aimed to evaluate sexual attitudes and sexual function among iranian menopausal age women. materials and methods: this population based cross-sectional study was carried out on ...

background: one of the affected aspects in infertile women that have not been given sufficient attention is sexual function. sexual function is a key factor in physical and marital health, and sexual dysfunction could significantly lower the quality of life. aim of this study was to assess the comparison sexual dysfunction in women with infertility and without infertility, admitted to al- zahra...

conclusions results of this study could be applied to designing interventions, such as promotion of preventive beliefs or educational programs regarding premarital sexual relationships in conservative societies. these interventions could start within families and continue at schools and universities. objectives the aim of this study was to explore the viewpoints of sexually active single women ...

background : sexual relationship is a basis for mental health and continuity of the healthy generation. enjoying the healthy body and mind will cause the sexual relationships to run their normal course in life. one of the problems that couples are faced within their sexual relationships is the issue of employing family planning methods. studies have revealed that contraceptive methods are in co...

background: sexual health education is one the fundamentals of health promotion. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of sexual health education on observing sexual health principles among women referred to health centers of hamedan.   methods : this study was a quasi- experimental one which was carried out on 225 women referred to health centers of hamedan as one pre-test post-te...

conclusions according to the obtained results, females in the rural areas had lower sexual function than the ones in the urban areas. it is suggested to establish female sexual health units in healthcare centers to give female sexual function consultation adjusted with awareness and culture of females and consider the existing problems. background healthy sexual function can be considered as an...

background: sexual instinct which is the cause of numerous changes in an individual’s life could be influenced by different factors such as menopause and ageing. this study was designed to compare sexual dysfunction before and after menopause. materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional study. participants were 174 menopausal women who referred to medical health centers of isfahan, iran. ...

objective: among a representative sample of married women in the capital of iran, tehran, we aimed to determine the association of self-reported sexual desire with (1) self-reported attachment styles (2) self-reported marital satisfaction (3) self-reported sex guilt. methods: the data were obtained from a total of 192 married iranian women who were selected via multi-cluster sampling method fro...