Attitudes and beliefs of nursing students toward sexual healthcare: A descriptive study

Öz, Hatice Güdül; Yangın, Hatice Balcı; Sözer, Gülşen Ak

doi:10.1111/ppc.12780

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“…First most significant barrier for nursing students when offering sexual healthcare was “feeling more comfortable discussing the patients’ sexual issues with their colleagues.’ The finding was similar to a study conducted in Turkey [ 22 ]. According to the current study, nursing students were generally uneasy and reluctant to provide sexual healthcare due to feelings of shyness about providing sexual healthcare and the belief that it was not their responsibility.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…In other words, it was found that nursing students who received sexual healthcare education faced very few challenges while providing sexual care counselling services to their clients. This finding is similar with studies conducted in Turkey [ 22 , 29 ], Finland [ 30 ], Sweden [ 25 ], and China [ 31 ].…”

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confidence: 91%

“…The finding was higher than studies conducted in Turkey (38.03 ± 8.3) [ 22 ], Indonesia (38.04 ± 6.19) [ 23 ], Canada (37.48 ± 8.19) [ 24 ] and Sweden (40.7 ± 7.8) [ 25 ]. These findings suggest that, in comparison to developed nations, our country still has social taboos surrounding sexuality.…”

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confidence: 55%

“…The findings of this study demonstrated no significant relation between sex, and nursing year with attitude and belief regarding sexual healthcare. In contrast, studies revealed that being female [ 15 , 21 , 22 ] and being first year student [ 22 ] had negative attitude and belief toward sexual healthcare.…”

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Nursing students’ attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare in Ethiopia: An online cross-sectional study

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Background Unresolved sexual issues can have an impact on a person’s wellbeing, social interactions, or even medication compliance. Given the enormous global demand to enhance and preserve sexual health, faculty members have a specific goal of developing nursing workforce who are truly prepared to work with clients who have sexual health issues. Hence, the study’s purpose has been to evaluate the current state of attitude and belief of nursing students toward sexual healthcare and the factors that influence it in Southwest Ethiopia. Methods An online cross-sectional survey was conducted in Mizan-Tepi University involving 134 undergraduate nursing students from February 1 to March 10, 2022. The Sexual Attitude and Beliefs Scale (SABS) were used to assess the level of attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual care. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 26 was employed for data analysis. Multivariable linear regression analyses was conducted to identify predictors of attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare. The significance level was set at p<0.05. Results The mean age of the nursing students participating in this study was 28.47±5.2. In our study, mean SABS score of the nursing students was found as 42.3 ± 2.1. The mean score of the SABS items ranged from 1.68±0.93 to 4.37±1.48. Having receiving sexual health education (p<0.001) was significantly associated with attitude and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare. Conclusions Ethiopian nursing students have been found to have a negative attitude and beliefs about sexual health care. Because comprehensive sex education is sorely lacking in nursing schools, this scrutiny prevents student nurses from receiving an adequate education. As there is a lack of appropriate sexual health subject matter, it is critical to standardize sexual health education in nursing programs so that nursing students can learn to provide comprehensive care to clients.

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“…In a Dutch study 33 of 204 questionnaires completed by general practitioners, 68% of participants never discussed sexual dysfunction with their chronically ill patients during the first consultation, but 54% discussed the issue during a follow-up visit. Two previous studies 34 , 35 among nursing students examined this issue. Similar to our findings, a Taiwanese study 34 of 202 nursing students showed that to address patients’ concerns about sexual health regarding illness, chronic disease and sexuality, 76% of students from a traditional four-year program and 57% of students from a two-year recurrent education undergraduate degree program reported moderate or strong learning needs.…”

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The knowledge of and educational interest in sexual medicine among Finnish medical and midwifery students: A web-based study

Manninen,

Polo-Kantola,

Riskumäki

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Eur J Midwifery

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INTRODUCTION Many elements of life can affect sexual health; thus, healthcare professionals require good knowledge of sexual medicine to encounter patients with these issues. We aimed to study final-year medical and midwifery students’ self-reported knowledge of factors associated with sexuality and their knowledge of how to evaluate and treat/counsel patients with sexual problems. In addition, educational interests regarding sexual medicine were assessed. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, a web-based questionnaire was distributed to final-year medical (n=233) and midwifery (n=131) students graduating between December 2018 and May 2019 in Finland. RESULTS Both student groups self-reported insufficient knowledge of how to consider sexuality in mentally ill patients, how to encounter victims of domestic violence/sexual abuse, and how multiculturalism affects sexuality. In addition, compared to the midwifery students, the medical students were more likely to self-report insufficient knowledge of the basics of sexual pleasure and treating the lack of it (p<0.001), including how to treat sexual problems due to relationship problems (p<0.001) or chronic diseases (p=0.015). Although several educational areas of interest arose, both student groups had two mutual most desirable educational interests: 1) reasons for dyspareunia and its treatment, n=117/233 (50.2%) for medical students, and n=60/131 (45.8%) for midwifery students; and 2) lack of sexual desire and its treatment, n=100/233 (42.9%) for medical students, and n=55/131 (42.0%) for midwifery students. CONCLUSIONS In both student groups, the self-reported knowledge of sexual medicine was insufficient. Thus, more education on sexual medicine should be included in the curricula of medical and midwifery education.

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Nursing students' attitudes towards sexuality before training in sexual and reproductive health

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AimTo know the attitudes towards sexuality of nursing students and those sociodemographic and cultural factors that can influence it.DesignAn observational study was carried out on Nursing degree students. One hundred and eighteen nursing degree students who were going to take the sexual and reproductive health nursing course.MethodsA self‐administered online questionnaire. This questionnaire had several parts specifically designed to collect sociodemographic variables. In order to determine the attitudes towards sexuality, the questionnaire based on the ATSS (Attitudes Towards Sexuality Scale). The Double Standard Scale (DSS) was also used. This scale evaluates double standards within the area of sexuality. The Rape Supportive Attitude Scale (RSAS), was included to determine beliefs about rape, rapists and their victims.ResultsThe ATSS shows a statistically significant association with religious beliefs (p = 0.005), with mean scores of 113.84 (SD = 9.81) for non‐believers (no religion), 108.36 (SD = 15.68) for non‐practicing believers and 102.32 (SD = 17.87) for believers (those who practice their faith). The mean score in the DSS shows a statistically significant association with alcohol consumption (p = 0.001). The mean score on the RSAS is statistically significantly associated with the place of residence (p = 0.050), the means were 44.32 (SD = 9.26) for those who lived in the city, 34.94 (SD = 19.21) if the place of residence was between 10,000 and 5000 inhabitants and 32.54 (SD = 15.01) if the family home was in a town with less than 5000 inhabitants.ConclusionReligious beliefs reduce liberalism and positive attitudes towards sexuality, whereas sporadic alcohol consumption increases them.Patient or Public ContributionNo patient or public contribution.

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Attitudes and beliefs of nursing students toward sexual healthcare: A descriptive study

Cited by 12 publications

References 26 publications

Nursing students’ attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare in Ethiopia: An online cross-sectional study

Nursing students’ attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare in Ethiopia: An online cross-sectional study

The knowledge of and educational interest in sexual medicine among Finnish medical and midwifery students: A web-based study

Nursing students' attitudes towards sexuality before training in sexual and reproductive health

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