Malaijerdi Raziyeh, Amini Leila, Haghani Hamid, Sadeghi Avval Shahr Homa
MSc Student of Midwifery, Midwifery Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
PhD, Midwifery Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
J Educ Health Promot. 2023 Jun 30;12:199. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_925_22. eCollection 2023.
Menopause is a natural event in the life of women. Women's concerns during menopause and the role of health anxiety in the attitude and sexual performance of women during this period affect the quality of life. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between health anxiety and sexual performance and attitude towards menopause in postmenopausal women.
The present study was a cross-sectional study of communication type that was conducted on 200 postmenopausal women with records in Sabzevar Comprehensive Health Centers in 2021-2022. In order to collect information, standard questionnaires of health anxiety, attitude towards menopause, and sexual performance were used. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS version 16 software and descriptive and analytical statistical tests (Spearman). A significance level of less than 0.05 was considered.
The results of data analysis showed that health anxiety has a significant relationship with the dimensions of desire ( = 0.045 and r = -0.142) and sexual pain ( < 0.001 and r = 0.274). Also, there was a significant relationship between the attitude towards menopause with sexual performance ( < 0.001 and r = 0.244) and health anxiety with the attitude towards menopause ( < 0.001 and r = 0.27).
The results of this study showed that there is an inverse relationship between health anxiety and sexual desire and a significant direct relationship with sexual pain. Also, the attitude towards menopause has a significant direct relationship with sexual behavior and health anxiety. Therefore, it is suggested to pay attention to the mental health of postmenopausal women along with the physical aspect and to pay attention to educational programs to improve the care and health programs of these women.
绝经是女性生命中的自然事件。女性在绝经期间的担忧以及健康焦虑在这一时期女性的态度和性功能方面所起的作用会影响生活质量。因此，本研究旨在确定绝经后女性的健康焦虑与性功能以及对绝经的态度之间的关系。
本研究为横断面沟通类型研究，于2021 - 2022年对200名在萨卜泽瓦尔综合健康中心有记录的绝经后女性进行。为收集信息，使用了健康焦虑、对绝经的态度和性功能的标准问卷。收集的数据通过SPSS 16版软件进行分析，并采用描述性和分析性统计检验（Spearman）。显著性水平设定为小于0.05。
数据分析结果显示，健康焦虑与性欲维度（P = 0.045，r = -0.142）和性交疼痛（P < 0.001，r = 0.274）存在显著关系。此外，对绝经的态度与性功能之间存在显著关系（P < 0.001，r = 0.244），健康焦虑与对绝经的态度之间也存在显著关系（P < 0.001，r = 0.27）。
本研究结果表明，健康焦虑与性欲呈负相关，与性交疼痛呈显著正相关。此外，对绝经的态度与性行为和健康焦虑呈显著正相关。因此，建议在关注绝经后女性身体方面的同时，重视其心理健康，并关注教育项目，以改善这些女性的护理和健康项目。
