Satisfaction with appearance and sexual satisfaction in women with severe burn injuries

Burn, particularly in women, can cause a variety of difficulties. Women’s feelings of themselves and of life satisfaction are affected by their body dimensions and satisfaction with appearance, which can be significant predictors of their sexual satisfaction. Therefore, this study aimed to investiga...

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Published in:International journal of impotence research 2022-03, Vol.34 (2), p.215-221
Main Authors: Kazemzadeh, Jafar, Rabiepoor, Soheila, Alizadeh, Saeedeh
Format: Article
Language:English
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Body image
Burns
Burns - therapy
Emotions
Female
Humans
Intimacy
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Orgasm
Personal Satisfaction
Reproductive Medicine
rology
Sexual behavior
Sexuality
Surveys and Questionnaires
Urology
Womens health
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Summary:Burn, particularly in women, can cause a variety of difficulties. Women’s feelings of themselves and of life satisfaction are affected by their body dimensions and satisfaction with appearance, which can be significant predictors of their sexual satisfaction. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between satisfaction with appearance and sexual satisfaction among female patients with severe burn. The present study, adopted a descriptive-analytic approach and used a convenience sampling technique, to select 180 female patients Data collection instruments included a demographic questionnaire, the index of sexual satisfaction (ISS), and the satisfaction with appearance scale (SWAP). The results of this study showed that about 82% of women with severe burn injuries, had a lower level of sexual satisfaction. It was observed that satisfaction with appearance had a significant negative relationship with sexual satisfaction in women with burns ( P  
ISSN:0955-9930
1476-5489
DOI:10.1038/s41443-021-00407-w