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The Effect of Mindfulness-based Sexual Counseling on Sexual Distress in Pregnant Women

I

Inonu University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Counseling

Treatments

Behavioral: mindfulness-based sexual counseling

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04900194
2020-786

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study was conducted in order to determine the effect of mindfulness-based sexual counseling on sexual distress, attitude towards sexuality and body image concerns in pregnant women. The research was planned in a randomized controlled experimental design.The sample consisted of the pregnant women who applied to the pregnant class at the time of the study and met the inclusion criteria. Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised, Attitude towards Sexuality in Pregnancy Scale, Body Image Concerns During Pregnancy Scale were used. In the study, the pregnant women in the experimental group were given mindfulness-based sexual counseling by the researcher. Mindfulness-based sexual counseling was planned as 2 sessions per week for 4 weeks, in total 8 sessions. Each session lasted 30-40 minutes on average. First of all, Pregnancy Introduction Form, Attitude towards Sexuality in Pregnancy Scale, Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised and Body Image Concerns in Pregnancy Scale were applied to the pregnant women in the experimental and control groups. The experimental group was given mindfulness-based sexual counseling for 4 weeks by the researcher. At the end of the mindfulness-based sexual counseling, the experimental group and the control group at the same time, were applied to the experimental group and the control group at the same time, the Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised, Attitude towards Sexuality in Pregnancy Scale, and the Body Image Worries During Pregnancy Scale.

Full description

The research was planned in a randomized controlled experimental design.The sample consisted of the pregnant women who applied to the pregnant class at the time of the study and met the inclusion criteria. In the power analysis used to determine the sample size, the 5% error level, the 95% confidence interval at the bilateral significance level, the 80% ability to represent the universe and the sexual distress mean score of 31.3 (standard deviation 10.9) in women. Assuming that 67 pregnant women were calculated for each group (67 experiments, 67 controls). Pregnancy Identification Form, Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised, Attitude towards Sexuality in Pregnancy Scale, Body Image Concerns During Pregnancy Scale were used. In the study, the pregnant women in the experimental group were given mindfulness-based sexual counseling by the researcher. Mindfulness-based sexual counseling was planned as 2 sessions per week for 4 weeks, in total 8 sessions. Each session lasted 30-40 minutes on average. First of all, Pregnancy Introduction Form, Attitude towards Sexuality in Pregnancy Scale, Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised and Body Image Concerns in Pregnancy Scale were applied to the pregnant women in the experimental and control groups. The experimental group was given mindfulness-based sexual counseling for 4 weeks by the researcher. At the end of the mindfulness-based sexual counseling, the experimental group and the control group at the same time, were applied to the experimental group and the control group at the same time, the Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised, Attitude towards Sexuality in Pregnancy Scale, and the Body Image Worries During Pregnancy Scale.

Enrollment

134 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Communicating,
  • Over the age of 18,
  • Pregnancy week between 10-28 weeks,
  • Scoring 11.5 points and above according to the Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised,

Exclusion criteria

  • Sexual distress before pregnancy,
  • Pregnant women with psychological diagnosis according to records.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

134 participants in 2 patient groups

MBSC group
Experimental group
Description:
counseling group
Treatment:
Behavioral: mindfulness-based sexual counseling
Control group
No Intervention group
Description:
standard care group

Trial contacts and locations

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