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BACKGROUND: Sex is one of the major social classes in any society. Gender identity as the most fundamental element of human life from beginning to end. While most people with behavior and attitudes appropriate to their physiological gender, but among them are also those sexual behaviors with their physical sex does not match, that say to this group transsexual people. The aim of this study was to investigate happiness and mental health in transsexual individuals before surgery and after surgery. METHODS: This quasi-experimental study, consisted of 42 patients before surgery and after surgery inside Iran in 2016-2017. Snowball sampling method was selected. The instrument was Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ) and Symptom Check List (SCL25). Data were analyzed using SPSS, t-test independent groups and oneway ANOVA. RESULTS: There was significant difference between transsexual individuals before surgery and after surgery in mean score of happiness (P<0.01) (t=-4/84). Moreover, there was significant difference between the two groups in mean score of mental health (P<0.01) (f=19/13). CONCLUSION: Transsexual individuals after surgery experienced more happiness and mental health than those before surgery.
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BACKGROUND: High-risk pregnancy causes worry in not only the pregnant woman, but also her husband. There is no suitable instrument to measure the men's worry in high-risk pregnancies. The current study aimed to develop and psychometrically evaluate the instrument used to measure the men's worry about their wives' high-risk pregnancy. METHODS: This research is a mixed exploratory study used to develop a questionnaire and conduct psychometric study on it. This research was performed in the spouses of pregnant women who had referred to public health and treatment centers and hospitals in Gorgan in 2016. The items were derived from the results of interviews with 40 men and a review of literature. Then, content validity, face validity, criterion validity, construct validity and reliability were examined. For structure validity, 370 men were included in the study. As to criterion validity, the Symptom Checklist-25 and men's worry tool were used. The result of factor analysis was obtained using SPSS software and confirmatory factor analysis was performed by LISREL software. RESULTS: The results of the study revealed that the men were worried about pregnancy and delivery, neonatal health, maternal health, and personal and family data. General correlation of the instrument indicated a Chronbach's alpha of 0.91 and ICC showed an internal consistency of 0.91. Finally, an instrument with 30 items was developed with an acceptable validity and reliability. CONCLUSION: The questionnaire developed a psychometric evaluation instrument to measure the men's worry in high-risk pregnancies.
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BACKGROUND: Female circumcision, sexual amputation, or Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is an action existing in some cultures and regions of the world. For instance, in Africa and some little communities in Middle East use this operation for many reasons. This operation is forbidden in those countries and is never linked to religious attitudes. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the following research was to determine and compare marital satisfaction, mental health and sexual satisfaction between Kurdish genital mutilated and non-genital mutilated females. PATIENTS AND METHODS: To achieve the goal of research, a sample of 200 married females of Ornament area in Kermanshah province were selected by non-randomized sampling Enrich Marital Inventory, and General Health Questionnaire was used for data gathering. Data was analyzed between the two groups by utilizing independent t- test. The significant level was P < 0.05. RESULTS: The findings indicated that there was a significant difference between genital mutilated females and non-genital mutilated females. Besides, the results revealed that two groups of participants had significant difference in mental health and the other subscales like physical symptom and sleep disorder from general health. CONCLUSIONS: It is noteworthy to point out that there is strong relation between sexual desire and marital satisfaction and their fulfillment reflects in mental health of people. So, when women experience the FGM in their lives, in fact they lose the gratification of their whole life. Awareness of the mental and psychical dangerous results of this operation could help women and prevent doing this inhuman action to others.
