Comparing App-based and Lecture-based Methods of Sexual Satisfaction Education: A Randomized Controlled Trial
| Author | Hossein Rahimi | en |
| Author | Nasim Mehrpooya | en |
| Author | Seyyed Abolfazl Vagharseyyedin | en |
| Author | Najmeh Javan | en |
| Orcid | Hossein Rahimi [0000-0003-4224-0910] | en |
| Orcid | Nasim Mehrpooya [0000-0002-8657-320X] | en |
| Orcid | Seyyed Abolfazl Vagharseyyedin [0000-0001-6708-5246] | en |
| Orcid | Najmeh Javan [0000-0002-1828-1301] | en |
| Issued Date | 2020-04-30 | en |
| Abstract | Background: Sexual dysfunction is one of the most common complications of spinal cord injury with potentially negative impacts on sexual satisfaction. Objectives: This study aimed to compare the effects of app-based and lecture-based sexual education on the sexual satisfaction of disabled men with spinal cord injury. Methods: A randomized clinical trial was conducted on disabled men with spinal cord injury in 2019. The participants were selected using a convenience sampling method from the Welfare Organization of Birjand city. A demographic form and Larson’s Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire were completed before the intervention. Then, the participants were randomly assigned to two groups (app-based and lecture-based groups). In the app-based group, the sexual education content was prepared as an Android app that was accessible for the group participants for two months. Similar content was communicated to the lecture-based group in the form of lectures during ten 60- to 90-min sessions over two months. Six weeks after the end of the intervention, Larson’s Questionnaire was completed again for both groups. Data were analyzed using the Fisher’s exact test, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, paired t-test, and independent t-test. The significance level was set at P < 0.05. Results: In both groups, the mean scores of sexual satisfaction significantly increased after the intervention (P < 0.05). Nevertheless, the mean change in the sexual satisfaction score was significantly more in the app-based group (18.16 ± 3.31) than in the lecture-based group (7.52 ± 4.59) (P < 0.05). Conclusions: App-based sexual education can be more effective than lecture-based sexual education in improving the sexual satisfaction of disabled men with spinal cord injury. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/modernc.101378 | en |
| Keyword | Mobile Application | en |
| Keyword | Sexual Education | en |
| Keyword | Sexual Satisfaction | en |
| Keyword | Lecture | en |
| Keyword | Spinal Cord Injury | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Comparing App-based and Lecture-based Methods of Sexual Satisfaction Education: A Randomized Controlled Trial | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |