Sexual health outcomes of PLISSIT-based counseling versus grouped sexuality education among Iranian women with breast cancer: A randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT: In-person, individual counseling using the PLISSIT model is a well-known approach to help people with sexual problems. Evidence suggests that Grouped Sexuality Education (GSE) can be as effective as in-person sexuality education. The efficacy of PLISSIT versus GSE has not previously been evaluated in women with Breast Cancer (BC). In this paper, we report on the effect of PLISSIT versus GSE on self-reported sexual behaviors experienced by women after a BC diagnosis (n = 75). The women were randomly allocated into three groups, with 25 women in each arm. Data analysis of the intention-to-treat population (n = 65) revealed efficacy of both GSE and PLISSIT in improving sexual behaviors (p < 0.0001) with a positive change in sexual capacity, motivation and performance after 6- and 12-we

SUBMITTER: Khoei EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9855002 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature