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<language>eng</language>
<publisher>Science and Education Publishing</publisher>
<journalTitle>American Journal of Nursing Research</journalTitle>
<eissn>2378-5586</eissn>
<publicationDate>2020-07-09</publicationDate>
<volume>8</volume>
<issue>5</issue>
<startPage>495</startPage>
<endPage>505</endPage>
<doi>10.12691/ajnr-8-5-2</doi>
<publisherRecordId>AJNR2020852</publisherRecordId>
<documentType>article</documentType>
<title language="eng">Effect of an Educational Package on Knowledge, Practices, and Attitude of Premenopausal Women Regarding Sexuality</title>
<authors>
<author>
<name>Elham Abozied Ramadan</name>
<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Amal Sarhan Eldesokey</name>
<affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Hanan Elzeblawy Hassan</name>
<email>nona_nano_1712@yahoo.com</email>
<affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
</author>

</authors>
<affiliationsList>
<affiliationName affiliationId="1">Obstetric & Woman's Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="2">Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Fayoum University, Egypt</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="3">Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University, Egypt</affiliationName>
</affiliationsList>
<abstract language="eng">Background: pre-menopause is an important event through a womanĄŻs life. Women with accurate information about the pre-menopause can be able to manage the associated problems better. Aim: evaluate the effect of an educational package on knowledge, practices, and attitude of premenopausal women regarding sexuality. Design: A quasi-experimental research design of the study was used. Sample: A purposive sample of 80 premenopausal women. Setting: This research was conducted in the obstetrics and gynecology Outpatient Clinic at Fayoum University Hospital. Tools: Two tools have been used to gather data; 1) Structured questionnaire interview sheet 2) Modified Likert scale. Results: The study showed a highly statistically significant difference between pre and post educational package regarding knowledge, practices, and attitude of premenopausal women regarding sexuality. There was a highly significant correlation between total knowledge and total sexual history pre and post educational package. Conclusion: The implementation educational package significantly improved knowledge, practices, and attitude of premenopausal women regarding sexuality. Recommendations: Proper training of health care providers to understand women's attitudes regarding pre-menopause in order to give optimal information and help to create a positive attitude of pre-menopause. Counseling activities of premenopausal, menopausal, and post-menopausal women need to popularize and facilities and decision aids made available to those who need them.</abstract>
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<keywords language="eng"><keyword>educational package</keyword>
<keyword>knowledge</keyword>
<keyword>practices</keyword>
<keyword>attitude</keyword>
<keyword>premenopausal women</keyword>
</keywords>
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