Assistant professor, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
Assistant professor, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,
Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2018 Sep 1;44(3):91-99. doi: 10.1363/44e6718.
Little research has been done to examine sexual health care among middle-aged women, particularly in developing countries that are socioculturally conservative, such as Iran.
In 2015, as part of a descriptive qualitative study, face-to-face interviews were conducted with 17 women aged 40-65 residing in Golestan Province, Iran. Graneheim and Lundman's approach to conventional content analysis was used to interpret the sexual health care narratives of the women.
Sexual health care for middle-aged Iranian women often took the form of self-care to preserve their privacy and confidentiality, and in general, any information on sexual health was appreciated. Data analysis identified three main categories of strategies for sexual self-care: sexual risk protection, prevention of sexual problems and undesirability, and sexual information seeking. Also, sexual self-care emerged as the central theme.
To meet the needs of middle-aged Iranian women, health care providers should become familiar with such women's sexual health care and self-care practices. Socioculturally sensitive policies and interventions should be developed to improve the sexual and reproductive health care conditions of middle-aged women.
鲜有研究关注中年女性的性健康护理，尤其是在伊朗等社会文化保守的发展中国家。
2015 年，作为一项描述性定性研究的一部分，对居住在伊朗戈勒斯坦省的 17 名 40-65 岁女性进行了面对面访谈。采用 Graneheim 和 Lundman 的常规内容分析方法对女性的性健康护理叙述进行了解释。
中年伊朗女性的性健康护理通常采取自我保健的形式，以保护她们的隐私和保密性，而且通常会对任何有关性健康的信息表示赞赏。数据分析确定了性自我保健的三个主要策略类别：性风险保护、预防性问题和不良后果，以及寻求性信息。此外，性自我保健成为了核心主题。
为了满足中年伊朗女性的需求，医疗保健提供者应该熟悉这些女性的性健康护理和自我保健实践。应该制定社会文化敏感的政策和干预措施，以改善中年女性的性和生殖健康护理条件。
