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<Articles JournalTitle="Acta Medica Iranica">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Acta Medica Iranica</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>0044-6025</Issn>
      <Volume>63</Volume>
      <Issue>4</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2025</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>17</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Sexual Satisfaction and Self-Concept of Women With Mayer-Rokitansky-K&#xFC;ster-Hauser (MRKH) After Vaginoplasty Surgery: A Case Control Study</title>
    <FirstPage>214</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>220</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Majid</FirstName>
        <LastName>Mahmoud Alilou</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Abbas</FirstName>
        <LastName>Bakhshipour Roudsari</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Khadijeh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Adabi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Surgery, Yas Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Zinat</FirstName>
        <LastName>Ghanbari</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Farhan</FirstName>
        <LastName>Noureh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2025</Year>
        <Month>02</Month>
        <Day>28</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2025</Year>
        <Month>07</Month>
        <Day>14</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Women with Mayer-Rokitansky-K&#xFC;ster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome do not have proper performance and sexual satisfaction because of physical problems. MRKH syndrome leads to psychological and identity problems and has a negative effect on self-concept. This study aimed to compare the sexual satisfaction and self-concept of women with MRKH syndrome before and after vaginoplasty with normal women. The current study was a case study with a pre-test, post-test design and a control group. Fifteen people were selected using the purposeful sampling method, and 15 normal newly married women were also selected as a control sample group. In both groups, sexual satisfaction and self-concept questionnaires were administered; after the relevant vaginoplasty surgery, only in the test group, and after six months, both groups completed the sexual satisfaction and self-concept questionnaires as a post-test. Hudson's sexual satisfaction questionnaire and Rogers' self-concept questionnaire were used to collect the data. Data were analyzed using multivariate covariance analysis. The results indicated that the average levels of sexual satisfaction and self-concept in women with MRKH syndrome significantly increased after vaginoplasty in comparison to their preoperative scores; but compared to the women of the control group, it is lower. To increase sexual satisfaction and improve the self-concept of women with MRKH syndrome, vaginoplasty surgery can be used as an effective treatment and an efficient program.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/11561</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/download/11561/5972</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
