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- Title
Effect of counseling model on diabetic women regarding sexual dysfunction: a quasi-experimental study.
- Authors
Abdelkhaliek, Nermen Awad Atia; Ramadan, Soad Abdelsalam; Ibrahim, Seham Shehata; Mohamed, Maha Ramadan Ali; Elshabory, Nour Elhoda Muhammad
- Abstract
Background: Complications of diabetes in women have adverse effects on their self-image, quality of life, health, and other social relationships, thereby leading to sexual dysfunction. maternity nurse care can play a critical role in assessing the knowledge about needs for sexual health. Aim: The present study aims to evaluate the effect of the counseling model on female patients with diabetes regarding sexual dysfunction. Method: A quasi-experimental research design was used to conduct the study at the diabetic and obstetric outpatient clinic in 2 hospitals (Al Salam Port Said General Hospital, Elzohor General Hospital), and in five centers in Port Said City (El-Kuwait Center, Othman Ibnafan Center, El-arab 1 center, El-manakh center, El-arab2 center). A purposive sample of 178 female diabetic patients was included in the study. Two tools were used for collecting data consisted of; (1 interview questionnaire sheet) including personal characteristics, medical history, and present sexual problem of the studied female patients, (and 2 female sexual function index (FSFI). Results: the current study revealed that there was a high statistical difference between female sexual function in post with mean ± SD (23.3 ± 4.1) compared to pre-educational intervention with mean ± SD (19.5 ± 3.7), while there was a high statistically significant difference among pre- & post-program application regarding female sexual function index (p > 0.001). Conclusion: the counseling model had a positive effect in improving the sexual function among female patients with diabetes. Trial Registration Number (TRN): The study protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University (code number: NUR 12/9/2021-6).
- Subjects
PORT Said (Egypt); PEOPLE with diabetes; SEXUAL dysfunction; COUNSELING; WOMEN patients; DIABETES complications; MATERNITY nursing; SEXUAL health
- Publication
BMC Public Health, 2024, Vol 24, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2458
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12889-024-18585-9