Atefeh Velayati1, Shahideh Jahanian Sadatmahalleh1, Saeideh Ziaei2, Anoshirvan Kazemnejad3. 1. Department of Reproductive Health and Midwifery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. 2. Department of Reproductive Health and Midwifery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. Ziaei_Sa@modares.ac.ir. 3. Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Ale-Ahmad Highway, 14115-111, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to provide a path model for assessing the direct and/or indirect effects of psychological/behavioral parameters on health-related quality of life among women with vaginismus. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 236 women with vaginismus disorder attending to sex clinics in Tehran, Iran from April 2017 to March 2018. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire, the marital satisfaction scale, the hospital anxiety and depression scale, the rosenberg self-esteem scale, the body image concern inventory, the short-form health survey (SF-12) and the female sexual quality of life questionnaire. In addition to descriptive statistical data, the fitness of the proposed model was investigated using path analysis. RESULTS: The results of path analysis demonstrated that the final model had a good fit to the data (Chi-Square/degrees of freedom (Normed Chi2) = 2.12, root mean square error of approximation = 0.069, goodness fit index = 0.99, both comparative fit index = 0.99 and Tucker-Lewis index = 0.96). In this model, anxiety and depression significantly predicted health-related quality of life as measured by the SF-12. CONCLUSIONS: Anxiety and depression are important components in predicting health-related quality of life among those suffering from vaginismus.
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to provide a path model for assessing the direct and/or indirect effects of psychological/behavioral parameters on health-related quality of life among women with vaginismus. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 236 women with vaginismus disorder attending to sex clinics in Tehran, Iran from April 2017 to March 2018. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire, the marital satisfaction scale, the hospital anxiety and depression scale, the rosenberg self-esteem scale, the body image concern inventory, the short-form health survey (SF-12) and the female sexual quality of life questionnaire. In addition to descriptive statistical data, the fitness of the proposed model was investigated using path analysis. RESULTS: The results of path analysis demonstrated that the final model had a good fit to the data (Chi-Square/degrees of freedom (Normed Chi2) = 2.12, root mean square error of approximation = 0.069, goodness fit index = 0.99, both comparative fit index = 0.99 and Tucker-Lewis index = 0.96). In this model, anxiety and depression significantly predicted health-related quality of life as measured by the SF-12. CONCLUSIONS:Anxiety and depression are important components in predicting health-related quality of life among those suffering from vaginismus.
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Keywords:
Anxiety; Depression; Health-related quality of life; Path analysis; Vaginismus
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