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July 21, 2026Scientific ReportsOpen Access

Sexual health education improves psychological health, social well-being, and sexual self-efficacy among married older women: a randomized controlled trial

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SSSamira ShojaeeSTSafoura TaheriSASanaz Aazami

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Randomized trial demonstrates improved psychological health, social well-being, and sexual self-efficacy in older married women through sexual health education, suggesting implications for healthy...

Key Points

  • This study aims to evaluate the effects of sexual health education on psychological health, social well-being, and sexual self-efficacy among married older women.
  • Randomized controlled trial with 110 women aged 65 and older.
  • Intervention group received six 30-minute face-to-face sexual health education sessions and a booklet.
  • Outcomes assessed using GHQ-28, Keyes and Shapiro Social Well-Being Scale, and Vaziri and Lotfi Sexual Self-Efficacy Scale.
  • Intervention group showed significantly higher post-intervention scores for psychological health (p < 0.001).
  • Significantly higher social well-being scores in the intervention group (p < 0.001).
  • Sexual self-efficacy significantly improved in the intervention group (p < 0.001).

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Shojaee et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a5f0bea86a4235cc161976fhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-63197-5
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