Iranian Women Sexual Health Assessment in the West of Iran: Findings of IranianWomen Health Project (SABA)

摘要

Sexual health plays an important role in health promotion; the importance of the issue, the present study aims to investigate reproductive health among middle age women in Ravansar city, the west of Iran. In this cross-sectional study, conducted in Kermanshah County, the west of Iran, a total of 500 profiles of documenting Iranian women health, were randomly selected to participate in the study. Data were analyzed by SPSS Version 21. The mean age of respondents was 44.94 years (95% CI: 44.21, 45.67), ranged from 30-60 year. The mean age of first pregnancy among respondents was 20.74 years (SD: 5.01). The history of stillbirth was reported among 1.2% of respondents. Furthermore, 1.8% of participants had infertility. In addition, history of sexual dysfunction was reported among 2.2% of respondents. Also, perineal wound, abnormal vaginal discharge, cervical lesions and abnormalities of the uterus examinations were respectively observed among 1.6, 11.4, 3.4 and 6.4% of participants. Based on our findings, it seems essential to train women on reproductive health and taking regular Pap smear tests. In addition, perineal wound, abnormal vaginal discharge, cervical lesions and abnormalities of the uterus examinations were, respectively observed among 1.6, 11.4, 3.4 and 6.4% of participants.