Relationship Model between Sexual Dissatisfaction and Quality of Life in Married Obese Patients with Mediating Role of Marital Intimacy

Abstract

Introduction: This research aimed to investigate the relationship between sexual dissatisfaction and quality of life in married obese persons with mediating role of marital intimacy. Methods: The statistical population of this study concluded all patients with obesity (having extra body mass) referred to Isfahan health centers in 2018. Through targeted sampling method, 150 patients were selected at a time interval of three months. They were asked to respond to the questionnaires of Larsson's Sexual Satisfaction (1988), the quality of life of the World Health Organization (1996), and Walker & Thompson's (1983) marital intimacy. In order to analyze the research data Amos software and structural Equation Method were run. Results: The results showed that there was a significant relationship between sexual dissatisfaction and quality of life in married obese people with regard to the mediating role of marital intimacy and this model was confirmed in all components of quality of life except physical and mental subscales (p< 0.05). Conclusion: According to the results of the findings, it can be concluded that marital intimacy plays an important role in the quality of life and ultimately reduces sexual dissatisfaction.

Keywords

• sexual dissatisfaction
• quality of life
• marital intimacy
• obesity.