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

Özlem Kaplan; Tülay Bülbül

doi:10.17826/cumj.677397

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

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

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

Öz

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.

Anahtar Kelimeler

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

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Özlem Kaplan ^*
0000-0003-1050-8804
Türkiye

Tülay Bülbül
0000-0001-5166-0074
Türkiye

Publication Date

September 30, 2020

Submission Date

January 20, 2020

Acceptance Date

May 20, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 45 Number: 3

DOI

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

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA43GN62RP

MLA

Kaplan, Özlem, and Tülay Bülbül. “Effect of the Premarital Sexual Health Reproductive Health Training on Knowledge Level and Marital Adjustment of the Newly Married Women”. Cukurova Medical Journal, vol. 45, no. 3, Sept. 2020, pp. 899-0, doi:10.17826/cumj.677397.

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