فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: The beginning of a marital relationship is very important as a part of a familyrelationship, and it satisfies many mental and physical necessities in a safe environment and hasa great impact on people’s health. The aims of this study were to investigate the effectiveness ofsexual health counseling based on cognitive behavioral approach on satisfaction and excitability ofnewly married women.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A randomized clinical trial study was conducted in 50 newly marriedwomen who referred to the health center of Jiroft City. They randomly divided into the interventionand the control groups. All of the participants completed Linda Berg’s Sexual Satisfaction Scalebefore intervention, 8 weeks after intervention and 4 weeks later (follow‑up). The interventionalgroup participated in CBT (8 sessions, 90 min), but the control group received routine counseling.In all tests, a significance level of 0.05 was considered. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 20.Descriptive test, t‑test, and repeated measure test used to analyze data.RESULTS: In intervention group, sexual satisfaction was obtained 51.88 ± 12.27, 57.2 ± 12.88and 62.76 ± 11.35 (P < 0.05) and in the control group was gotten 47.12 ± 9.6, 45.8 ± 8.07 and43.48 ± 7.39 (P > 0.05) before intervention, 8 weeks after intervention and 4 weeks later (follow‑up),respectively. In intervention group, sexual excitability was obtained 82.80 ± 17.24, 91.72 ± 13.07,and 99.28 ± 11.2 (P < 0.05) and in the control group was gotten 87.04 ± 12.99, 87.48 ± 11.64, and81.96 ± 12.83 (P > 0.05).CONCLUSION: It can be concluded that cognitive‑behavioral counseling can help to improve thesexual satisfaction and excitability of the newly married and can be used to improve and promotewomen’s sexual health.