Nursing students’ attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare in Ethiopia: An online cross-sectional study
<h4>Background</h4> Unresolved sexual issues can have an impact on a person’s wellbeing, social interactions, or even medication compliance. Given the enormous global demand to enhance and preserve sexual health, faculty members have a specific goal of developing nursing workforce who ar...
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| author | Kalid Seid Tesfaye Kebede Nigatu Dessalegn Yetemegnehuat Ejara Fikre Moga Matusala Daniel Nuredin Mohammed Seid Hassen |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4> Unresolved sexual issues can have an impact on a person’s wellbeing, social interactions, or even medication compliance. Given the enormous global demand to enhance and preserve sexual health, faculty members have a specific goal of developing nursing workforce who are truly prepared to work with clients who have sexual health issues. Hence, the study’s purpose has been to evaluate the current state of attitude and belief of nursing students toward sexual healthcare and the factors that influence it in Southwest Ethiopia. <h4>Methods</h4> An online cross-sectional survey was conducted in Mizan-Tepi University involving 134 undergraduate nursing students from February 1 to March 10, 2022. The Sexual Attitude and Beliefs Scale (SABS) were used to assess the level of attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual care. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 26 was employed for data analysis. Multivariable linear regression analyses was conducted to identify predictors of attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare. The significance level was set at p<0.05. <h4>Results</h4> The mean age of the nursing students participating in this study was 28.47±5.2. In our study, mean SABS score of the nursing students was found as 42.3 ± 2.1. The mean score of the SABS items ranged from 1.68±0.93 to 4.37±1.48. Having receiving sexual health education (p<0.001) was significantly associated with attitude and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare. <h4>Conclusions</h4> Ethiopian nursing students have been found to have a negative attitude and beliefs about sexual health care. Because comprehensive sex education is sorely lacking in nursing schools, this scrutiny prevents student nurses from receiving an adequate education. As there is a lack of appropriate sexual health subject matter, it is critical to standardize sexual health education in nursing programs so that nursing students can learn to provide comprehensive care to clients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-66a0accf7cc04e50b3b3a12caecb28802022-12-22T04:22:28ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-011712Nursing students’ attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare in Ethiopia: An online cross-sectional studyKalid SeidTesfaye KebedeNigatu DessalegnYetemegnehuat EjaraFikre MogaMatusala DanielNuredin MohammedSeid Hassen<h4>Background</h4> Unresolved sexual issues can have an impact on a person’s wellbeing, social interactions, or even medication compliance. Given the enormous global demand to enhance and preserve sexual health, faculty members have a specific goal of developing nursing workforce who are truly prepared to work with clients who have sexual health issues. Hence, the study’s purpose has been to evaluate the current state of attitude and belief of nursing students toward sexual healthcare and the factors that influence it in Southwest Ethiopia. <h4>Methods</h4> An online cross-sectional survey was conducted in Mizan-Tepi University involving 134 undergraduate nursing students from February 1 to March 10, 2022. The Sexual Attitude and Beliefs Scale (SABS) were used to assess the level of attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual care. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 26 was employed for data analysis. Multivariable linear regression analyses was conducted to identify predictors of attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare. The significance level was set at p<0.05. <h4>Results</h4> The mean age of the nursing students participating in this study was 28.47±5.2. In our study, mean SABS score of the nursing students was found as 42.3 ± 2.1. The mean score of the SABS items ranged from 1.68±0.93 to 4.37±1.48. Having receiving sexual health education (p<0.001) was significantly associated with attitude and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare. <h4>Conclusions</h4> Ethiopian nursing students have been found to have a negative attitude and beliefs about sexual health care. Because comprehensive sex education is sorely lacking in nursing schools, this scrutiny prevents student nurses from receiving an adequate education. As there is a lack of appropriate sexual health subject matter, it is critical to standardize sexual health education in nursing programs so that nursing students can learn to provide comprehensive care to clients.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9728890/?tool=EBI |
| spellingShingle | Kalid Seid Tesfaye Kebede Nigatu Dessalegn Yetemegnehuat Ejara Fikre Moga Matusala Daniel Nuredin Mohammed Seid Hassen Nursing students’ attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare in Ethiopia: An online cross-sectional study PLoS ONE |
| title | Nursing students’ attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare in Ethiopia: An online cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Nursing students’ attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare in Ethiopia: An online cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Nursing students’ attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare in Ethiopia: An online cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nursing students’ attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare in Ethiopia: An online cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Nursing students’ attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare in Ethiopia: An online cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | nursing students attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual healthcare in ethiopia an online cross sectional study |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9728890/?tool=EBI |
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