The Effect of Sexual Health Education Given to Women in the Postmenopausal Period on Sexual Life
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Necmettin Erbakan University
- Enrollment
- 124
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Sexual Myths Scale-SMS
Study Overview
Brief Summary
With this study, it is aimed to evaluate the effect of sexual health education given to women in the postmenopausal period on sexual myths, sexual distress and sexual quality of life.
Type of Research The study was planned as a parallel group (experiment-control) randomized controlled trial.
Detailed Description
Establishment of the Study Group: The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) was applied to the women who applied to the Obstetrics and Gynecology outpatient clinics of Karaman Training and Research Hospital to determine the study group, and the women who accepted to participate in the study in accordance with the sample selection criteria were applied to the study. General information about the study will be given and general consent will be taken for participation in the research. Then, the Individual Information Form, Sexual Myths Scale (SMS), Female Sexual Distress Scale (Revised- FSDS-R) and Sexual Life Quality Scale-Female (SILK-F) was applied. In accordance with the sample size determined by power analysis, the experimental and control groups were randomly assigned.
blinding Since it is not possible to blind the experimental and control groups in the study, only statistical blinding applied.
Application Steps of the Research Researcher; By introducing themselves to the experimental and control groups, verbal and written information was given about the subject of the research and the steps to be followed. Then, among the women determined by the researcher in accordance with the sample selection criteria, applications were made to the women who were allocated to the experimental group by randomization, and no intervention was made to those who were allocated to the control group.
For the Experimental Group; Sexual Health Education Program The women in the experimental group were given training in line with the "Sexual Health Education Manual for Postmenopausal Women" prepared by the researchers. The training plan of the research is as follows.
Education Plan (Sexual Health Education) Session Subject
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking Description
Since it is not possible to blind the experimental and control groups in the study, only statistical blinding will be applied.
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 41 Years to 64 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Literate,
- •Able to communicate verbally,
- •Turkish speaking,
- •No hearing or vision loss,
- •Voluntarily participated in the research,
- •Postmenopausal period,
- •Natural menopause,
- •no sexual dysfunction,
- •be less than 65 years old,
- •good sexual function
Exclusion Criteria
- •Hormone replacement therapy
- •Early menopause (before age 40)
- •A chronic systemic disease and/or a psychiatric health problem
- •Any sexual education before or during work
- •Sexual dysfunction
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Sexual Myths Scale-SMS
Time Frame: Time Frame: 13 weeks
It is a scale developed to describe sexual myths. The minimum score obtained from the scale is 28, and the maximum score is 140. The cronbach's alpha coefficient of the scale was found to be 0.91. In addition, the sub-dimensions' item scores can be summed to obtain sub-dimensions' scores. It is not the cut-off point of the scale, and the high score indicates that the sexual myths are high. The Sexual Myths Scale-SMS will be used to assess sexual myths in each participant.
Secondary Outcomes
- Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised- FSDS- R(Time Frame: 13 weeks)
Investigators
Serap Kırıcı
researcher
Necmettin Erbakan University