Reyhani Mitra, Kazemi Ashraf, Keshvari Mahrokh, Farajzadegan Ziba
Department of Reproductive Health, Student Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Department of Reproductive Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
J Educ Health Promot. 2018 Apr 3;7:49. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_155_17. eCollection 2018.
Securing a healthy sexual relationship during middle-agedness would cause new needs and expectations in women, considering the special changes of this period. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the sexual needs of middle-aged women.
The present study was a qualitative study with content analysis approach. Participants were 15 middle-aged women; their expectations and needs about sexual relationship were gathered using in-depth semi-structured interviews. Data were analyzed using Graneheim and Lundman inductive content analysis.
The main themes that were appeared in the present study included "the need for information" with subcategories of "the need for information about physiologic changes" and "information about psychological changes;" "the need for sympathy" with subcategories of "the need for receiving appropriate feedback" and "appropriate space for expressing the emotions;" "the need for changing social norms" with subcategories of "accepting middle-agedness by the society" and "the need for changing the concept of femininity;" and finally "the need for repairing the sexual relationship" with subcategories of "solutions for solving sexual problems" and "paying attention to the new aspects of sexual relationship."
Results showed that middle-aged women have various sexual needs and expectations and paying attention to these needs and expectations could affect the improvement of the sexual and mental health of middle-aged women and their families.
考虑到中年时期的特殊变化，在中年阶段建立健康的性关系会引发女性的新需求和期望。因此，开展本研究以确定中年女性的性需求。
本研究是一项采用内容分析法的定性研究。参与者为15名中年女性；通过深入的半结构化访谈收集她们对性关系的期望和需求。使用格兰海姆和伦德曼的归纳内容分析法对数据进行分析。
本研究中出现的主要主题包括“信息需求”，其亚类别为“生理变化信息需求”和“心理变化信息需求”；“同情需求”，其亚类别为“获得适当反馈的需求”和“表达情感的适当空间需求”；“改变社会规范需求”，其亚类别为“社会对中年的接受”和“女性气质观念改变需求”；最后是“修复性关系需求”，其亚类别为“解决性问题的方法”和“关注性关系新方面需求”。
结果表明，中年女性有各种性需求和期望，关注这些需求和期望会影响中年女性及其家庭性健康和心理健康的改善。
