Fiziksel engeli olan evli kadınların beden imajının cinsel yaşam kalitesine etkisi

Year 2024, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 93 - 98, 31.08.2024

Mehmet Emin Şanlı , Tülay Yıldırım Üşenmez

https://doi.org/10.61534/anatoljhr.1386485

Abstract

Amaç: Bu araştırma, fiziksel engeli olan evli kadınların beden imajının cinsel yaşam kalitesine etkisini belirlemek amacıyla yapıldı.
Yöntem: Araştırma, bir devlet hastanesinin fizik tedavi ve rehabilitasyon kliniklerinde Ekim-Aralık 2022 tarihleri arasında yürütüldü. Kesitsel türde yapılmış olan araştırmanın örneklemini fiziksel engeli olan 106 evli kadın oluşturdu. Verilerin toplanmasında Tanıtıcı Özellikler Formu, Beden İmajı Ölçeği (BDÖ) ve Cinsel Yaşam Kalitesi Ölçeği-Kadın (CYKÖ-K) kullanıldı.
Bulgular: Beden imajı ölçeği toplam puanı ile cinsel yaşam kalitesi ölçeği toplam puanı arasında pozitif yönde orta düzey bir ilişki olduğu belirlendi (r=0.632, p<0.05). Ayrıca yapılan regresyon analizi sonucunda beden imajının cinsel yaşam kalitesini %39 oranında yordadığı da belirlendi.
Sonuçlar: Fiziksel engeli olan evli kadınların beden imajı düzeyinin artması kadınların cinsel yaşam kalitelerini olumlu olarak etkileyebilir.

Keywords

beden imajı, cinsellik, fiziksel engelli, kadın

Effect of body image on sexual quality of life in married women with physical disabilities

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of body image on the sexual quality of life in married women with physical disabilities.
Methods: The present study was carried out at the physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics of a state hospital in the southeast region of Türkiye between October and December 2022. The population of the cross-sectional study contains 106 married women with physical disabilities. Descriptive Features Form (DFF), Body Image Scale (BIS), and Sexual Quality of Life Questionnaire-Female (SQLQ-F) were utilized to collect data.
Results: There was a positive and moderate correlation between BIS and SQLQ-F (r=0.632, p<0.05). Additionally, as a consequence of the regression analysis, it was found that body image predicted sexual quality of life by 39%.
Conclusion: Improving the level of body image of married women with physical disabilities may positively affect their sexual quality of life.

Keywords

body image, physically disabled, sexuality, woman

Ethical Statement

Ethical Statement Ethics committee approval from the ethics committee of Batman University (Approv. No.: 2022/08) and official approval from the hospital were attained before starting the study.

Thanks

We would like to thank all the women who took part in the study.

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