The Effect of Sexual Counseling Given According to the PLISSIT Model on FSFI, MAS and SQOL-F of Postmenopausal Women
Condition: Postmenopause; Sexual Function; Marital Relationship
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      This study was conducted as a randomized pretest-posttest study to examine the effect of
      sexual counseling based on the PLISSIT model on post-menopausal women's sexual functions,
      marital adjustment and quality of sexual life. Sixty women (Experimental=30, Control=30) that
      applied to the menopause policlinic of a Women Diseases Training and Research Hospital were
      included in the study. Two women dropped out later, so the study was completed with 58
      (Experimental=29, Control=29) women. Firstly, women were separated into two groups according
      to the cut-point of (26,55) in The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) (those who score 26,6
      and above or 26,5 and below) and then these two groups were divided into intervention and
      control groups randomly. Data were collected with Descriptive Questions Form, Menopause
      Symptom Evaluation Scale (MRS), FSFI, Marital adjustment Scale (MAS) and Sexual Quality of
      Life Questionnaire Scale - Female Version (SQOL-F) between September 07, 2020 and March 26,
      2021. The intervention group was given sexual counselling, prepared in line with the PLISSIT
      model, for three weeks, once a week and lasting approximately one hour. The effect of the
      counseling was tested twelve weeks after counseling was completed. Women in the control group
      were also interviewed twice concurrent with the intervention group; once when the counseling
      began and once during the last assessment. Women in the control group filled some data forms.
      After the study was completed, the counseling was also given to women who wanted it, in the
      control group. Frequency and percentage values, descriptive statistics, Fisher's Exact Test,
      Pearson Chi Square, t tests, for non-normally distributed data Mann Whitney U test and the
      Wilcoxon test were used for data analysis.

      Keywords: Post-menopausal period, sexual counseling, PLISSIT model, nursing care
    

Detailed description: 
      Akbay-Kısa, A. S., The effect of sexual counseling given according to the PLISSIT model on
      sexual functions, marital adjustment and quality of sexual life of postmenopausal women.
      Hacettepe University Graduate School Health Sciences, Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing
      Programme, Doctorate Thesis, Ankara, 2021. This study was conducted as a randomized
      pretest-posttest study to examine the effect of sexual counseling based on the PLISSIT model
      on post-menopausal women's sexual functions, marital adjustment and quality of sexual life.
      Sixty women (Experimental=30, Control=30) that applied to the menopause policlinic of a Women
      Diseases Training and Research Hospital were included in the study. Two women dropped out
      later, so the study was completed with 58 (Experimental=29, Control=29) women. Firstly, women
      were separated into two groups according to the cut-point of (26,55) in The Female Sexual
      Function Index (those who score 26,6 and above or 26,5 and below) and then these two groups
      were divided into intervention and control groups randomly. Data were collected with
      Descriptive Questions Form, The Female Sexual Function Index, Marital adjustment Scale and
      Sexual Quality of Life Questionnaire Scale - Female Version between September 07, 2020 and
      March 26, 2021. Women were asked to fill the demographic questions form and survey forms
      based on their own self-evaluations while they were accompanied by the researcher. The
      intervention group was given sexual counselling, prepared in line with the PLISSIT model, for
      three weeks, once a week and lasting approximately one hour. The effect of the counseling was
      tested twelve weeks after counseling was completed. Women in the control group were also
      interviewed twice concurrent with the intervention group; once when the counseling began and
      once during the last assessment. During those interviews, women in the control group filled
      some data forms. After the study was completed, the counseling was also given to women who
      wanted it, in the control group. Frequency and percentage values, descriptive statistics,
      Fisher's Exact Test, Pearson Chi Square, t tests, for non-normally distributed data Mann
      Whitney U test and the Wilcoxon test were used for data analysis.

      Keywords: Post-menopausal period, sexual counseling, PLISSIT model, nursing care
    

Intervention name(s): Sexual counseling according to the PLISSIT model, randomized pretest-posttest
Intervention type(s): Other
Intervention description(s): experimental and control ,a randomized pretest-posttest study to examine
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention model description: The sample was divided into intervention and control groups sexual counseling based on the PLISSIT model
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Supportive Care