The Comparison of Violence and Sexual Function between Fertile and Infertile Women: A Study from Iran

Autor: Neda poornowrooz, Safieh Jamali, Marzieh Haghbeen, Shohreh Javadpour, Nader Sharifi, Zahra Mosallanezhad
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Zdroj: Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp QC09-QC11 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2249-782X
0973-709X
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2019/37993.12516
Popis: Introduction: Fertility is one of the most important variables. Infertility and others’ attitudes towards this factor make infertile couples vulnerable to mental and emotional disturbances, which ultimately lead to sexual dysfunction and domestic violence. Aim: To investigate violence and sexual function among fertile and infertile women. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study on 346 individuals (147 infertile women and 199 fertile women) visiting women’s clinic in Jahrom, Iran from April to October 2017. The research tools were Domestic Violence Inventory and Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). t-test was used to compare means between the groups and chi-square was used to investigate the relationship of domestic violence with other variables. Results: Comparison of dimensions of domestic violence between fertile and infertile women showed that physical violence (p=0.01), sexual violence (p=0.02) and psychological violence (p
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals