The Effect of Better-Based Sex Counseling on Sexual Quality of Life in Infertile Women: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Publisher



Dastaran F¹ ; Maasoumi R^{1, 2} ; Foroozanfard F³ ; Haghani S⁴ Show Affiliations
Source: Sexuality and Disability Published:2022

Abstract

The present research was performed to determine the effect of BETTER-based sex counseling on sexual quality of life in women with primary female infertility. This study is a randomized clinical trial performed on 80 infertile women. BETTER-based sex counseling was performed in the experimental group. A demographic questionnaire, female sexual function index, sexual quality of life-female questionnaire, and researcher-made sexual self-efficacy questionnaire were used to collect data. The control and test groups were evaluated for the mentioned variables in three times (baseline, 4 weeks, and 8 weeks after the intervention). The mean scores for sexual function, sexual self-efficacy, and marital-sexual satisfaction were significantly increased in the test groups four and eight weeks after intervention as compared to the baseline (P <.001). In the control group, these changes were significant only in sexual-marital satisfaction (P <.001). A significant difference statistically was observed between the test and control groups concerning outcome variables at four and eight week-time intervals (P <.001). The results indicate that BETTER-based sex counseling was efficient in the improvement of the sexual life of infertile women. Therefore, this study is recommended to be used in improving the sexual quality of life in women with primary female infertility. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.