Sexual counseling.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: In the EX-PLISSIT sex counseling group, 4 sessions of 60-90 minute individual counseling will be performed in 4 consecutive weekly sessions based on the EX-PLISSIT
Sponsors
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Iranian and living in Mashhad Age of 18-45 years old Have at least a fifth grade education Diagnosis of primary infertility based on information in the patient's file Failure of one of the methods of assisted reproduction such as (IUI, ICSI, IVF, GIFT, ZIFT) At least 6 months passed since infertility treatment failure Not being treated for infertility now and for the past 6 months Having sex at least once a week Absence of disease that affect sexual function in woman and her spouse Not taking drugs that affect sexual function by the woman and her spouse Non-addiction to tobacco and alcohol by woman and her spouse Absence of sexual dysfunction in the spouse Absence of severe depression, stress or anxiety according to the DASS-21 scale Not receiving sexual counseling for the past 6 months Having a device to use cyberspace
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Absence from a counseling session Reluctance to continue cooperation Occurrence of stressful events during the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Female sexual function. Timepoint: Before sexual counselling and 4 weeks after last counseling session. Method of measurement: Score obtained by the subject of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaire. This questionnaire with 19 questions examines women's sexual function in 6 domains of desire(6 questions), arousal(4 questions), lubrication(4questions), orgasm(3 questions), pain discomfort(3 questions) and sexual satisfaction(3questions). The full-scale score is obtained by adding the six domain scores. Higher scores indicates greater sexual functioning. The overall score is a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 6.;Women's sexual satisfaction. Timepoint: Before sexual counselling and 4 weeks after last counseling session. Method of measurement: Score obtained by the subject of the Sexual Satisfaction Scale of Women(sssw). This questionnaire contains 30 questions. Scoring is strongly agree(score 1), slightly agree(score 2), neither agree nor disagree ( score 3), slightly disagree(score 4) and strongly disagree(score 5). Questions 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12 are scored in reverse. Scores of each domain are obtained from the sum of the scores of that domain. Higher scores indicates greater sexual satisfaction. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactAkram Rahimi Shandiz
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed