Effect of the premarital sexual health/reproductive health training on knowledge level and marital adjustment of the newly married women

Year 2020, Volume: 45 Issue: 3, 899 - 909, 30.09.2020

Özlem Kaplan , Tülay Bülbül

https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.677397

Cited By: 1

https://izlik.org/JA43GN62RP

Abstract

Purpose: This study was conducted in order to determine the effect of the premarital Sexual Health/Reproductive Health Training on the knowledge level, marital adjustment and sexual satisfaction of the newly married woman.
Materials and Methods: This study was an experimental study based on the design of pretest-posttest with control group. The study was performed with 149 women.
Results: In the pretest measurements of the study, total score of The Assessment Form on Sexual Knowledge Level of the experimental group was 65.19 ± 9.88 and total score of The Assessment Form on Sexual Knowledge Level of the control group was 63.33 ± 11.51, and it is observed that total scores were similar between the groups. It was determined that the posttest total score was significantly higher in the experimental group (74.08 ± 11.98) compared to the control group (62.33 ± 12.57). It was determined that Marital Adjustment Scale, Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction and The Marital Beliefs and Attitudes Scale; Health Belief Model total scores of the women in the experimental and the control groups did not show a statistically significant difference.
Conclusion: The training was effective in increasing the knowledge levels of the women on sexual matters but it did not affect their marital adjustment and sexual satisfaction in a four-month period. 

Keywords

Marital adjustment , Premarital training , Sexual satisfaction , Sexual health , Reproductive health

Project Number

TYL-2017-7467

Evlilik öncesi cinsel sağlik/üreme sağlığı eğitiminin yeni evli kadınların bilgi düzeyi ve evlilik uyumuna etkisi

https://izlik.org/JA43GN62RP

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışma, evlilik öncesi Cinsel Sağlık/Üreme Sağlığı Eğitiminin yeni evli kadının bilgi düzeyi, evlilik uyumu ve cinsel memnuniyeti üzerindeki etkisini belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu araştırma öntest-sontest kontrol gruplu desene dayanan deneysel bir araştırmadır. Çalışma 149 kadınla yapılmıştır.
Bulgular: Çalışmanın ön testinde, deney grubunun Cinsel Konular ile İlgili Bilgi Düzeyine İlişkin Değerlendirme Formu toplam puanı 65.19 ± 9.88, kontrol grubunun toplam puanı 63.33 ± 11.51 olup toplam puanların gruplar arasında benzer olduğu görülmüştür. Son test toplam puanının deney grubunda (74.08 ± 11.98) kontrol grubuna (62.33 ± 12.57) göre anlamlı derecede yüksek olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Deney ve kontrol gruplarındaki kadınların Evlilik Uyum Ölçeği, Golombok-Rust Cinsel Doyum Ölçeği - Kadın Formu ve Evliliğe Yönelik İnanç ve Tutumlar Ölçeği; Sağlık İnanç Modeli toplam puanları arasında ise istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark bulunmamıştır.
Sonuç: Evlilik öncesi eğitimin kadınların cinsel konulardaki bilgi düzeylerinin artırılmasında etkili olduğu ancak dört aylık dönemde evlilik uyumlarını ve cinsel doyumlarını etkilemediği sonucuna varılmıştır.

Keywords

Evlilik uyumu , Evlilik öncesi eğitim , Cinsel doyum , Cinsel sağlık , Üreme sağlığı

Supporting Institution

Bu çalışma; Erciyes Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Birimi tarafından desteklenmiştir

Project Number

TYL-2017-7467

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