Multiple Sclerosis disease (MS). Multiple sclerosis
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: In the control group:
Women in the control group will not receive any intervention by the research team during the study. Intervention 2: In the intervention group:
Four sessions of co
Rehabilitation
In the control group:
Women in the control group will not receive any intervention by the research team during the study.
In the intervention group:
Four sessions of coupled sexual counseling, each session for a minimum of 90 and a maximum of 120 minutes, according to the BETTER model, each session once a week:
• Firs
Sponsors
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
15 Years to 49 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: Age between 15 and 49 years old; Married and living together (not to be divorced); Have sex during the last 6 months; Do not have pregnancy or breastfeeding; Have definitive Diagnosis of MS (membership in Iran MS Society requires a written confirmation of the disease by a neurologist); Have no chronic disease other than MS; To be at a stage of MS disease that can carry out routine activities (EDSS score less than 7); Have no severe depression or fatigue (score less than 29 in the BDI-II questionnaire and score less than 5.1 in the FSS questionnaire); Have sexual dysfunction (score 28 or less than 28 in the FSFI questionnaire); Do not receive special treatment for treatment of sexual dysfunction, including psychotherapy or attending classes; The participant's husband, according to her, does not have any sexual dysfunction; Have access to her within at least the next 4 months; Exclusion criteria: The occurrence of any physical or psychological illness with the approval of doctors in the participant or her spouse that affects their sexual function; MS recurrence or attack during the study; Pregnancy occurrence during the study; Unwillingness of the participant to continue the study; Absence of continuous presence of the participant or her spouse in counseling sessions; Participate in educational or counseling sessions outside the study environment;
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sexual function. Timepoint: Before the intervention, two and three months after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Female Sexual Function Index.;Sexual satisfaction. Timepoint: Before the intervention, two and three months after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Index of Sexual Satisfaction. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactFaezeh Ghafoori
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed