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<Articles JournalTitle="Nursing Practice Today">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Nursing Practice Today</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2383-1154</Issn>
      <Volume>5</Volume>
      <Issue>2</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2018</Year>
        <Month>04</Month>
        <Day>22</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">The effect of educational intervention on sexual function of women referred to Health center of southern Tehran</title>
    <FirstPage>280</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>289</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Farahnaz</FirstName>
        <LastName>Sabeti</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Health Education Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Sedigheh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Sadat-Tavafian</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Health Education Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Fatemeh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Zarei</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Health Education Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2017</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>21</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2018</Year>
        <Month>02</Month>
        <Day>06</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Introduction: Sexual health educationcan enable the people to improve their sexual behaviors. This study aimed to examine the impact of sexual education program on improving sexual behavior among &#xA0;married women in Southern Tehran.
Methods &amp;Materials: This semi-experimental study was conducted on 130 women took part in two groups of &#xA0;intervention and control (each one 65 individuals). The intervention group complied with two 180 -minute training sessions. Data were gathered from two groups at initial of the study and 3- month follow up through demographic questionnaire and scale of women sexual function and were analyzed with independent and paired T tests.
Findings: Totally 65 women took part with mean age of 35.6 &#xB1; 7.75 and 35.15&#xB1; 6.85 in two groups of intervention and control respectively. At first, there were no significant differences between&#xA0;&#xA0; two groups in terms of demographic characteristics and score of sexual function scale. However, after three months the sexual behaviors of intervention group (28.14 &#xB1; 3.44 &#xA0;were significantly much better than control group 22.79 &#xB1; 6.60&#xA0; (p &lt;0/0001).
Conclusion: Sexual health training can improve sexual function in women. However sexual health training of women could be important approaches for improving the sexual function of women and &#xA0;is recommended.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://npt.tums.ac.ir/index.php/npt/article/view/316</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://npt.tums.ac.ir/index.php/npt/article/download/316/280</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
