The Correlation between Spiritual Health and Sexual Self - Efficacy in Pregnant Women

Spiritual health is one of the four dimensions of human health and is an effective factor in promoting health. Sexual self - efficacy is associated with one's belief in th e ability to function effectively and adapt to their partner, a form of self - assessment and self - efficacy. The p urpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between spiritual health and sexual self - efficacy in pregnant women referring to Sananda j health centers in 2019 .

Methods :

The current study is descriptive c ross - sectional. The statistical population of the study included pregnant women referring to health/ treatment centers in Sanandaj (28 centers and 35 bases) in 2018. The sample size, as c alculated based on Cochran's formula, was 384 people, who were randomly selected by random cluster sampling method out of the mentioned women. Data collection instruments were a demographic information checklist, Narenji’s Spiritual Health Questionnaire, W aziri and Lotfi Kashani’s Sexual Self - efficacy and Enrich’s Marital Satisfaction questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and inferential (t - tests, regression and Pearson correlation) statistics. In th is study, all ethical considerations were observed and the authors did not report any conflict of interests .

The results showed that the mean sc ore related to spiritual health of pregnant women was 310/0±4/33. The mean score for sexual self - effic acy in pregnant women was 458/0±4/26. Analysis of variance results showed a significant relationship between spiritual health and its dimensions with sexual self - efficacy (r=0.72) (P<0.05). Spiritual health could also predict sexual self - efficacy in pregna nt women. The results of regression showed that spiritual health in pregnancy could explain 51% of the variance in sexual self - efficacy in pregnant women .

The results of this study showed that sexual self - efficacy and spiritual health of the sa mple population were in good conditions. Spiritual health also had a positive effect on sexual self - efficacy