Development of a conceptual framework of sexual health for married elderly women: An exploratory mixed method study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Identifying elderly women's sexual health demands based on their lived experience is essential since it leads to their sexual rights promotion. The present framework was designed to identify sexual demands, develop a reliable and valid questionnaire, and present it to policymakers.

Methods

This conceptual framework was designed in four phases using an exploratory sequential approach. The first phase included a review of related literature to identify elderly women's sexual health demands. In the second phase, the qualitative phase, the participants will be interviewed to identify their sexual health demands. Data will be collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews until data saturation. In the third phase, a draft questionnaire will be provided using the

SUBMITTER: Saadatmand F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11835322 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature