Fathi Behrouz, Kia Shima, Alinejad Vahid, Rikhtegar Ehsan, Gebleh Firoozeh, Zareipour MoradAli
Reproductive Health Research Center, Clinical Research Institute, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
Department of Health Economics and Management, School of Public Health, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
BMC Womens Health. 2025 Jan 10;25(1):16. doi: 10.1186/s12905-024-03532-y.
Sexual self-care and quality of sexual life are critical factors in women's health. These factors can also influence women's fertility desire. This study aims to examine sexual self-care, quality of sexual life, and their relationship with fertility desire in women attending comprehensive health centers in Urmia.
This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 384 women which were randomly selected using a multistage sampling method. Data were collected using standard validity and reliability questionnaires of sexual self-care, quality of sexual life and fertility desire. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA, independent t-test, and multiple regression.
The average age of the participants was 32.92 ± 8.03 years. Women's education level and economic status were significantly associated with fertility desire (P < 0.05). Additionally, sexual self-care (B = 0.490,p < 0.001) and the quality of sexual life (B = 0.232,p < 0.001) were strong predictors of fertility desire. Together, they accounted for 92.8% of the variance in total fertility desire scores.
Sexual self-care and the quality of women's sexual life are directly related to the fertility desire. Therefore, Participating in training workshops on body anatomy, menstrual cycle and sexual self-care techniques, providing private counseling sessions to investigate sexual concerns and problems, and providing suitable solutions will help women's fertility desire.
性自我保健和性生活质量是女性健康的关键因素。这些因素也会影响女性的生育意愿。本研究旨在调查乌尔米综合健康中心女性的性自我保健、性生活质量及其与生育意愿的关系。
本描述性分析研究对384名女性进行，采用多阶段抽样方法随机选取。使用性自我保健、性生活质量和生育意愿的标准效度和信度问卷收集数据。数据采用单因素方差分析、独立样本t检验和多元回归进行分析。
参与者的平均年龄为32.92±8.03岁。女性的教育水平和经济状况与生育意愿显著相关（P<0.05）。此外，性自我保健（B = 0.490，p < 0.001）和性生活质量（B = 0.232，p < 0.001）是生育意愿的强预测因素。它们共同解释了生育意愿总分变异的92.8%。
性自我保健和女性性生活质量与生育意愿直接相关。因此，参加关于身体解剖、月经周期和性自我保健技巧的培训工作坊，提供私人咨询服务以调查性方面的担忧和问题，并提供合适的解决方案，将有助于提高女性的生育意愿。
