• Mastalgia and decrease in sexual satisfaction: identification of sexual behaviors leading to sexual satisfaction and its predictors
  • Forouzan Olfati (PhD),1 Farnoosh Moafi,2 Monirsadat Mirzadeh,3 Mobina Hosseini,4,*
    1. Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
    2. Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
    3. Department of medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
    4. Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran


  • Introduction: Introduction: Breasts are one of the most important sexual organs in women (1) and in some sources they are even considered as the second most important sexual organ in women, therefore the presence of pain and disturbance in the stimulation of the breasts can cause sexual dysfunction. 2) and it leads to sexual dysfunction, sexual behavior disorder (3) and a decrease in sexual satisfaction of people (4).
  • Methods: Materials and methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 204 women suffering from cyclic mastalgia who referred to four comprehensive health centers and clinics of Kausar Hospital in Qazvin city. First, cyclic mastalgia was diagnosed among people who met the criteria for entering the study using the objective pain line and breast pain table of the Cardiff Clinic, then the samples with cyclic mastalgia completed the sexual behavior questionnaires, Larson's sexual satisfaction evaluation index and researcher's demographic questionnaire. Linear regression model was used to determine the predictors of sexual behaviors leading to sexual satisfaction.
  • Results: Results:. The average age of the samples was 33.05 ± 6.145 years. The mean and standard deviation of sexual satisfaction among the participants was 80.93±14. an increase of one unit of sexual capacity behavior and sexual script, the level of sexual satisfaction increases by 0.47 and 0.25, respectively. For one unit increase in the number of sexual relations per week, the amount of sexual capacity increases by 0.19 and the sexual script increases by 0.31.
  • Conclusion: Conclusion: The results showed that among the four areas of sexual behavior (sexual capacity, sexual motivation, sexual performance, sexual script), only two areas of sexual capacity and sexual script are effective on the level of sexual satisfaction in women with cyclic mastalgia
  • Keywords: Keywords: mastodynia, sexual behavior, orgasm