Jalambadani Zeinab, Garmaroodi Gholamreza, Yaseri Mehdi, Tavousi Mahmood, Jafarian Koroush
Department of Health Education and Promotion, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
J Midlife Health. 2017 Jul-Sep;8(3):124-129. doi: 10.4103/jmh.JMH_44_17.
More than half of the sexual problems in menopausal women are due to insufficient knowledge or false beliefs about sexual function. Theory of planned behavior (TPB) is one of the important theories that explain the main process of adopting healthy behaviors. This study investigates the effect of education based on TPB over sexual function of menopausal women in Sabzevar, Iran.
In this quasi-experimental study, the data were collected through a survey. This study included 180 Iranian menopausal women from five health center of Sabzevar city in Iran from 2016 to 2017. Using a questionnaire, demographic, anthropometric, and TPB by SPSS version 22 software were measured and analyzed.
After educational intervention, the average rates of knowledge, attitude, perceived behavioral control, and intention to sexual function in education group were increased meaningfully (sig <0.05); these changes were not meaningful in control group. Furthermore, there was no statistically meaningful difference in subjective norms between two groups after intervention.
According to the findings, it is proposed that TPB be used to improve sexual function in Iranian menopausal women.
更年期女性超过一半的性问题是由于对性功能知识不足或存在错误认知。计划行为理论(TPB)是解释采取健康行为主要过程的重要理论之一。本研究调查基于TPB的教育对伊朗萨卜泽瓦尔更年期女性性功能的影响。
在这项准实验研究中,数据通过调查收集。本研究纳入了2016年至2017年来自伊朗萨卜泽瓦尔市五个健康中心的180名伊朗更年期女性。使用问卷,通过SPSS 22版软件测量并分析人口统计学、人体测量学和TPB数据。
教育干预后,教育组在性功能方面的知识、态度、感知行为控制和意图的平均得分显著提高(P<0.05);对照组这些变化不显著。此外,干预后两组间主观规范无统计学显著差异。
根据研究结果,建议使用TPB来改善伊朗更年期女性的性功能。