A Longitudinal Study of Sexuality Training for the Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Team

Fronek, Patricia; Kendall, Melissa; Booth, Susan; Eugarde, Ellen; Geraghty, Timothy

doi:10.1007/s11195-010-9177-1

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“…Even though the professionals themselves do not seem to believe in their own abilities to address sexuality with their patients, the mean scores on the different KCAASS scales indicate otherwise. These scores were similar to those of other studies that used the KCAASS [15,21,22,35]. The professionals who did address sexuality in the past 6 months had higher scores on the KCAASS Knowledge compared to the professionals who did not.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Addressing Sexuality as Standard Care in People with an Upper Limb Deficiency: Taboo or Necessary Topic?

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The purpose of this paper is to analyze whether professionals who work with people with an upper limb deficiency (ULD) received questions about sexuality from their patients and whether they addressed sexuality themselves, and to analyze their knowledge and comfort level, approach and attitudes towards sexuality. An online questionnaire, including questions on self-perceived sexological competence and the Knowledge, Comfort, Approach and Attitudes towards Sexuality Scale (KCAASS) was used to asses these aspects. One out of three professionals had received a question about sexuality from their patients. Nearly one out of five professionals had addressed sexuality themselves. Professionals who received a question about sexuality from patients or addressed this issue themselves had significantly higher scores on self-perceived knowledge about sexuality and on self-perceived conversation skills compared to professionals who did not. The scores on the KCAASS Knowledge and Comfort of professionals who received a question about sexuality or addressed the issue of sexuality were significantly higher than those of professionals who did not. Sexuality is thus only scantly discussed by professionals working with patients with an ULD. Professionals indicated they do not feel confident nor comfortable enough to address this issue. They also experience a lack of appropriate knowledge to address sexuality with patients. Professionals reported a need for courses and training on both knowledge and conversation skills concerning sexuality. In addition, a 123Sex Disabil (2013) 31:167-177 DOI 10.1007 protocol and necessary facilities need to be provided for the team working with people with an ULD in order to be able to address sexuality systematically.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Addressing Sexuality as Standard Care in People with an Upper Limb Deficiency: Taboo or Necessary Topic?

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“…It is known that when nurses receive training on sexual health before and after graduation, this training is influential in decreasing obstacles and discomfort in discussing sexuality [33]. In addition, it was shown that discussion of sexual dysfunction with the patients indicated that the effect of this problem on health outcome should be considered by a team and that training on this subject in health professionals enhanced information, positive attitudes and coping in this issue [34,35]. The results of the present study confirm these suggestions.…”

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confidence: 99%

Attitudes and Beliefs of Nurses Regarding Discussion of Sexual Concerns of Patients During Hospitalization

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The aim of the study was to describe nurses' attitudes and beliefs towards discussing sexuality with patients. Sexual health is a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality. Sexual dysfunction occurs quite commonly in the community. A descriptive and comparative design was adopted to explore Turkish nurses' attitudes and beliefs towards discussing sexuality with patients. The rate of participation of nurses was found to be 89 %. Data collection form consisted of two parts: demographic information and the inventory of Sexuality Attitudes and Beliefs Survey (SABS). Mean scores of the nurses SABS was 41.58 ± 7.67. Status of offering counselling on sexuality was found to be significantly related to the SABS scores (p \ 0.05). The majority of nurses (72.2 %) disagreed with spending more time to discuss sexual concerns with their patients, 68.9 % viewed sexuality as 'too private an issue to discuss'. In this study, it was established that nurses were aware of the concerns of the patients about sexuality, but their practical attempts to relieve those concerns were not adequate. In view of these results, it is recommended that sexuality should be discussed more openly in basic education curriculum and that inservice training on the issue of sexuality and health should be addressed.

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“…Exceptions include Simpson et al. (2006) and Fronek et al. (2011) who both reported positive changes in knowledge, comfort, and attitudes, following sexuality workshops delivered to a multidisciplinary group of practitioners.…”

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Mixed methods evaluation of an interdisciplinary sexuality education programme for staff working with people who have an acquired physical disability

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Nolan

et al. 2012

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A Longitudinal Study of Sexuality Training for the Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Team

Cited by 35 publications

References 26 publications

Addressing Sexuality as Standard Care in People with an Upper Limb Deficiency: Taboo or Necessary Topic?

Addressing Sexuality as Standard Care in People with an Upper Limb Deficiency: Taboo or Necessary Topic?

Attitudes and Beliefs of Nurses Regarding Discussion of Sexual Concerns of Patients During Hospitalization

Mixed methods evaluation of an interdisciplinary sexuality education programme for staff working with people who have an acquired physical disability

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