Comparison of Nursing Students' Sexual Myths and Some Attitudes about Sexuality
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Doç. Dr. Medine KOÇ
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Bahtışen KARTAL
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | Uluslararası alan indekslerindeki dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | International Journal of Caring Sciences |
| Dergi ISSN | 1792-037X |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | DOAJ |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 01-2021 |
| Cilt No | 14 |
| Sayı | 2 |
| Sayfalar | 1178 / 1186 |
| Makale Linki | http://www.internationaljournalofcaringsciences.org/docs/41_kartal_original_14_2.pdf |
| Özet |
| Background: Various problems can arise when patients talk about their sexual problems and ask nurses and other health professionals to address them. This is one of the most important obstacles in providing comprehensive care to patients.Method: This study was carried out to compare nursing students' sexual myths and some attitudes about sexuality. 332 undergraduate students of a nursing department in Turkey. Ethics Committee approval, institutional permission and the verbal consent of the students were obtained in order to carry out the study. The data were collected using the Personal Information Form and the Sexual Myths Scale (SMS). In evaluating the data, descriptive statistics (percentage, mean, and standard deviation) were used. Conformity of the data to the normal distribution was tested using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and the t-test and One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used in the comparative analyses. The Cronbach’s alpha value of the scale used in the study was 0.884.Findings: It was determined that of the students, 35.5% encountered patients with sexual problems in clinical practice, 92.5% did not want to work in a clinic where sexual problems were frequently encountered, 32.5% were not able to comfortably explain family planning methods to the patient, and 59.6% did not feel comfortable when giving perineal care to the patient. The sexual myth perception score of the students was found to be 73.37±15.37. It was determined that the scale score was higher in male students, in those who had not encountered patients with sexual problems in clinical practice, who stated that they were not able to … |
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