The role of personal factors in quality of life among Iranian women with vaginismus: a path analysis

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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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Velayati, A., Jahanian Sadatmahalleh, S., Ziaei, S., & Kazemnejad, A. (2021). The role of personal factors in quality of life among Iranian women with vaginismus: a path analysis. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-021-01799-5

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