Comparing effect of two counseling method (Leventhal's self-regulation model and BETTER Model) on Sexual Satisfaction & function in Women with multiple sclerosis: a three armed randomized controlled trial

Authors
Category Primary study
Registry of TrialsIranian Registry of Clinical Trials
Year 2023
INTERVENTION: Intervention 1: Intervention group1: three training sessions using Leventhal's self‐regulation model individually and face‐to‐face for 60 minutes weekly, including description of the nature of the disease, symptoms and causes related to it, the consequences of the disease (sexual), the course of the disease, and how to control it and disease care. Intervention 2: Intervention group 2: Three sexual counseling sessions, each session lasting at least 60 and maximum 100 minutes, according to the BETTER model, once a week: • The first session, implementation of the first and second steps of the model ‐ Explain, Bring up • The second session, the implementation of the third and fourth steps of the Time‐Tell resources model. The third session, the implementation of the fifth and sixth steps of the Educate model. Intervention 3: Control group: They will not receive any intervention from the research team, but they will receive their routine examinations by the specialist and the treatment team. CONDITION: multiple sclerosis. ; Multiple sclerosis PRIMARY OUTCOME: Sexual function. Timepoint: Before the intervention, one and three months after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Female Sexual Function Index. Sexual satisfaction. Timepoint: Before the intervention, one and three months after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Sexual satisfaction scale for women. INCLUSION CRITERIA: willing to participate in the study able to understand and speak Persian language married women (at least one year) Have definitive Diagnosis of MS by a neurologist using the McDonald Criteria To be at a stage of MS disease that can carry out routine activities _ EDSS score < 5 not in early diagnosis phase
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First added on: Feb 20, 2024