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