اختلالات عملكرد جنسي در يائسگي

Sexual dysfunction in menopause

Regarding adverse effects of sexual dysfunctional in mental health of the menopause women and their families, the evaluation and detecting related factors to sexual dysfunctional in this period seems to be essen­tial. In this analytic-descriptive cross sectional study, 174 married meno­pause women referring to health centers to receive health care were concluded. The data were collected through interviews by Beck de­pression standard test and locally (self) made questionnaires like the questionnaire of demographic characteristic, sexual knowledge, qual­ity of relations with the spouse, and sexual dysfunctional (based on DSM-IV). Descriptive and inferential statistical methods, t-test, % test and Mantel hanszel x test all were used to analyze the data. Our results showed that participant based variables such as: age, edu­cational level, job, depression, sexual knowledge, and spousesʹ rela­tions quality as well as some other variables like husbandsʹ educa­tional level, residing status, and economic status are associated with sexual dysfunction in menopausal period. The findings also showed that husbandʹs age, spousesʹ age difference, husbandsʹ job, marriage length, wivesʹ weight, number of pregnancies and marriage status have no association with sexual dysfunctional in menopausal period. Hypoactive sexual disorder and sexual dysfunction can be affected by demographic characteristics, psychiatric disorders and lack of knowl­edge. Regarding to many psychological and community injuries caused by sexual dysfunctional, the role of health care professional in counseling and education is emphasized.