Effect of an Educational Package on Knowledge, Practices, and Attitude of Premenopausal Women Regarding Sexuality

Elham Abozied Ramadan¹, Amal Sarhan Eldesokey² and Hanan Elzeblawy Hassan^3,

¹Obstetric & Woman's Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

²Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Fayoum University, Egypt

³Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University, Egypt

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Elham Abozied Ramadan, Amal Sarhan Eldesokey and Hanan Elzeblawy Hassan. Effect of an Educational Package on Knowledge, Practices, and Attitude of Premenopausal Women Regarding Sexuality. American Journal of Nursing Research. 2020; 8(5):495-505. doi: 10.12691/ajnr-8-5-2

Abstract

Background: pre-menopause is an important event through a woman’s 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.

Keywords:
educational package knowledge practices attitude premenopausal women

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