Sexual Performance and Reproductive Health of Patients with an Ostomy: A Qualitative Content Analysis

Objective: Women with premature ovarian insufficiency, menopause, gonadal dysgenesis, and genetic disorders as well as those with a history of recurrent in vitro fertilization failure may benefit from the assisted fertility techniques. These women experience concerns that directly affect their married life especially in egg donation treatment. This study was conducted to investigate the reproductive health concerns of infertile women who were candidates for egg donation. Materials and methods: This qualitative content analysis was conducted in 17 infertile women who were referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital Infertility Clinic from July 2018 to March 2019. The participants were selected through purposeful sampling. Data were collected through individual in-depth semistructured interviews. A conventional qualitative content analysis approach was adopted for data analysis using the MAXQDA12 software. Results: The results of data analysis showed five themes, including threatened married life, lack of supportive situation, religious beliefs, psychosocial damage, and damaged feminine identity. Conclusion: Infertility is usually accompanied by a great psychological sadness referred to as "stress of infertility". Assisted reproductive techniques (ART) are also a source of stress for patients; therefore, it has a significant impact on the marital relationship and mental health of infertile women. Hence, there is a need for psychological support from the treatment team to reduce woman reproductive health concerns.

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The necessity of education about reproductive health of female adolescents to mothers in Iran: a qualitative study

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health ◽

10.1515/ijamh-2018-0197 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Shahrbanoo Salehin ◽

Masoumeh Simbar ◽

Zohre Keshavarz ◽

Malihe Nasiri

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Reproductive Health ◽

Adolescent Girls ◽

Family Relationships ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Negative Attitude ◽

High Risk Behaviors ◽

Educational Barriers ◽

The Family ◽

Social Environmental

AbstractObjectivesParents are challenged to provide the required information about reproductive issues for their adolescents. The study aims to explain women’s perception of the necessity of education about adolescent girls, reproductive health to mothers.MethodsThis research is a qualitative content analysis. Sampling was performed using purposeful sampling to saturation of data. The study sample included 26 mothers and 14 key informants. To collect data, semi-structured interviewing was used. Data trustworthiness was verified based on Lincoln and Guba’s criteria and the data was analyzed using conventional content analysis with MAXQDA10 software.ResultsFour themes and 13 main categories each with some subcategories were extracted in this research. The themes and categories included: “risky social-environmental factors (existence of inappropriate educational resources, a challenge between tradition and modernity in the society, social harms, and educational barriers)”, weakness in awareness, attitude, and family relationships (mother's limited awareness, mother's negative attitude, improper interaction between the parents and the adolescent in the family, and lack of discussion about sexual and reproductive matters in the family), problems associated with sexual and reproductive health of adolescent girls (puberty changes, insufficient perception, and understanding of the process of puberty and harms arising from early education), and high-risk behaviors of adolescents and their consequences (the adolescent's maladaptive behaviors and their outcomes).ConclusionThe results of this research necessitate education of adolescent girls' reproductive health to mothers.

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Perspectives of adolescents regarding the sexual and reproductive health self-care: a theory-based qualitative research

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health ◽

10.1515/ijamh-2020-0003 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marjan Havaei ◽

Sara Esmaelzadeh Saeieh ◽

Leili Salehi

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Reproductive Health ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Socioeconomic Development ◽

Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Self Care ◽

Analysis Data ◽

Social Contexts ◽

Health Priorities

AbstractObjectivesIt is widely accepted that sexual and reproductive health in adolescents are among the health priorities in the world that affects health aspects and the formation of beliefs and socioeconomic development in the community. However, achieving goals related to sexual and reproductive health is not possible without awareness and participation of the adolescents. On the other hand, proper knowledge about such issues can prevent many problems in this regard.MethodsThis qualitative study was carried out for one month in schools of Alborz University of Medical Sciences using content analysis. Data were collected from semi-structured, individual and in-depth interviews with female students. In addition, data analysis was performed using guided qualitative content analysis (theory-based).ResultsAnalysis of the data led to the extraction of 11 primary codes classified in six categories of protection motivation constructs (perceived sensitivity, perceived severity, response efficiency, response cost, self-efficacy, and internal rewards) and two additional categories (communications and social contexts).ConclusionAll interviewees found themselves exposed to sexually transmitted diseases and emphasized sexual self-care even though the majority of these individuals had inadequate self-efficacy.

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Iranian mothers’ needs for reproductive health education of their adolescent daughters: a qualitative study

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health ◽

10.1515/ijamh-2018-0144 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Shahrbanoo Salehin ◽

Masoumeh Simbar ◽

Zohre Keshavarz ◽

Malihe Nasiri

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Reproductive Health ◽

Adolescent Girls ◽

Sexual Behaviors ◽

Psychological Health ◽

Teaching Method ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Educational Needs ◽

Spiritual Health ◽

Moral Competence

AbstractIntroductionIn order to be effective in discussing high-risk sexual behaviors with adolescents, mothers need to be educated about their adolescent daughters’ sexual issues. As no detailed and exact knowledge on mothers’ educational needs concerning adolescent girls’ reproductive health is available, the current study was intended to investigate mothers’ educational needs concerning their adolescent daughters’ reproductive health.Materials and methodsThis research was a qualitative content analysis. Purposive sampling was performed to the saturation point. The samples included 26 mothers and 14 key informants. Semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. Data authenticity was verified based on Lincoln and Guba’s criteria and data analysis was conducted using conventional content analysis with MAXQDA10 software.FindingsIn this study, three themes and 13 main categories, each with a number of subcategories were extracted. The themes and main categories included: “appropriate educational content (reproductive health, sexual health, general health, psychological health, family health, social health and spiritual health)”, “characteristics of the educator (communicative skill, cognitive skill and moral competence)”, and “effective factors in learning (teaching method, learning conditions and environment, and the learner’s readiness)”.ConclusionsThe results demonstrated that mothers need to be informed about sexual, reproductive, general, psychological, family, social and spiritual health in adolescent girls. Consequently, the results can help the healthcare authorities to implement need-based programs and boost the effectiveness of education about adolescent girls’ reproductive health for mothers.

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