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Comparing the efficacy of autogenic training and mindfulness-based stress reduction training on sexual performance in patients with type 2 diabetes
Masoudeh Timajchi, Mojgan Agahheris, Amin Rafiepoor, Ezzatollah Kordmirza Nikoozadeh,
Volume 22, Issue 125 (8-2023)
Abstract
 Background: Diabetes is a common chronic disease that causes many physical and mental injuries. Sexual dysfunction is one of the common consequences of diabetes in women, which has many negative consequences for the patient. On the other hand, stress can be an effective factor in aggravating sexual disorders. Regarding the effectiveness of interventions based on stress management such as autogenic training and stress reduction training based on mindfulness on the sexual performance of type 2 diabetic patients, there is a research gap in comparing the effectiveness of these two training methods.
Aims: The present study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of autogenic training and mindfulness-based stress reduction training on sexual performance in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Methods: The current research design was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test type with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all women with type 2 diabetes referred to Kasra Hospital in Tehran in 1400, 45 of them were selected by purposeful sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group (15 people in each group). The Female Sexual Function Index (Tyler et al., 1994) was used to collect data. For the first experimental group, 10 autogenic training sessions (MirzamohammadAlaeini et al., 2021) and for the second experimental group, 8 sessions of mindfulness-based stress reduction training (Kabat-Zinn, 2003) were implemented, While the control group did not receive any intervention. Analysis of covariance and SPSS24 software were used for data analysis.
Results: Based on the findings, the effect of the educational interventions on the post-test scores of the sexual performance of the members of both experimental groups was significant, so that after the intervention, the scores of the sexual performance increased significantly (P<0.05). The results of Bonferroni's post hoc test also showed that the post-test scores of sexual performance in the experimental groups have increased significantly compared to the control group. Also, mindfulness-based stress reduction training has been more effective compared to autogenic training (P<0.05).
Conclusion: According to the results obtained in the present study, which confirm the effectiveness of stress reduction training methods based on mindfulness and autogenic training, in reducing the stress level of diabetic women, it is suggested that psychologists and psychiatrists use the mentioned training methods to improve the sexual performance of women with diabetes.

Structural modeling of sexual performance in postmenopausal women based on sexual schemas with the mediator role of state-trait anxiety and sexual self-esteem
Seyede Parisa Mojtahedzadeh, Saeid Teimory, Mahdi Nayyeri, Adele Isanazar,
Volume 22, Issue 129 (12-2023)
Abstract
Background: Sexual performance based on sexual schemas is one of the important aspects in personal health. However, in all reviewed researches, the role of trait state anxiety and sexual self-esteem as mediating variables has not been considered and that the considering the negative sexual anxiety and self-esteem on sexual relationships has not been studied in the research society.
Aims: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the structural equation model of sexual performance of women under menopause based on sexual schemas with the Mediator role of state-attribute anxiety and sexual self-esteem.
Methods: The research method was descriptive-correlational, in kind of structural equation modeling. In order to determine the sample, 350 women under the age of menopause who referred to the health and treatment centers of Rudsar city in 1401 were selected by cluster random sampling method. The measuring instruments were Rosen et al.'s sexual performance questionnaires (1997), Andersen and Cyranovsky's sexual schema (1994), Spielberger's state-trait anxiety (1970), and Zina and Schwarz's sexual self-esteem (1996). In order to analyze the data, Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to measure the pairwise correlation of variables and path analysis was used to find the pattern of structural equations with SPSS and AMOS software.
Results: Based on the results of the fit indices, the structural model of the research had a good fit. The analysis of direct relationships showed that there is a direct relationship between sexual performance and explicit/comfortable (β=0.139, P=0.016) and passionate/romantic (β=0.181, P=0.001) sexual schemas. Shy/cautious sexuality and sexual performance have an inverse relationship (P=0.049, β=0.102), direct relationship between sexual self-esteem and sexual performance (P<0.001, β=0.321) and between Trait anxiety and sexual performance have an inverse relationship (P<0.001, β=0.202).
Conclusion: Therefore, to reduce sexual performance disorders, interventions that guide women in the direction of knowledge, insight and change of attitude about their thoughts, feelings and emotions about sexual relations should be used. Increasing the scope of such research can be effective in preventing women's sexual problems.

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