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Attitudes and beliefs of nursing students towards sexual health care

Introduction: Sexual health care refers to assessing sexual health, identifying the risks, and providing appropriate counselling related to sexuality. It is essential to have competency related to this care to prevent under-treated patient and further complications. This study aims to explore attitu...

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Main Authors: Ab Rashid, Nur Aida, Ahmad, Norfadzilah, Makhtar, Aniawanis
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Language:English
Published: IIUM Press 2022
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RT86.3 Nurse and patient
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/101538/7/101538_Attitudes%20and%20beliefs%20of%20nursing%20students%20towards%20sexual%20health%20care.pdf
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https://journals.iium.edu.my/ijcs/index.php/ijcs/article/view/240/127
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spelling my.iium.irep.1015382022-12-02T01:05:05Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/101538/ Attitudes and beliefs of nursing students towards sexual health care Ab Rashid, Nur Aida Ahmad, Norfadzilah Makhtar, Aniawanis RT86.3 Nurse and patient Introduction: Sexual health care refers to assessing sexual health, identifying the risks, and providing appropriate counselling related to sexuality. It is essential to have competency related to this care to prevent under-treated patient and further complications. This study aims to explore attitudes and beliefs among undergraduate nursing students at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Kuantan, Pahang toward sexual health care and its association with socio-demographic characteristics. Methods: A descriptive quantitative cross-sectional study with a convenience sampling was conducted among 239 students from March to May 2021. Data were gathered by using Google Forms questionnaires and distributed to all undergraduate nursing students through WhatsApp. The questionnaires were available in three parts: socio-demographic, students’ characteristics, and Sexual Attitude and Belief Survey (SABS). Data analysis was done by using SPSS version 20.0. Results: The majority of nursing students have moderate attitudes and beliefs in delivering sexual health care and Age group was significantly associated with SABS score (p<0.05). Conclusion: Although most nursing students have sufficient knowledge related to sexual health, they still feel uncomfortable and unable to diagnose patients with sexual problems. IIUM Press 2022-07-31 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/101538/7/101538_Attitudes%20and%20beliefs%20of%20nursing%20students%20towards%20sexual%20health%20care.pdf Ab Rashid, Nur Aida and Ahmad, Norfadzilah and Makhtar, Aniawanis (2022) Attitudes and beliefs of nursing students towards sexual health care. International Journal of Care Scholars, 5 (2). pp. 4-11. ISSN 2600-898X https://journals.iium.edu.my/ijcs/index.php/ijcs/article/view/240/127 https://doi.org/10.31436/ijcs.v5i2.240
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Ab Rashid, Nur Aida
Ahmad, Norfadzilah
Makhtar, Aniawanis
Attitudes and beliefs of nursing students towards sexual health care
description Introduction: Sexual health care refers to assessing sexual health, identifying the risks, and providing appropriate counselling related to sexuality. It is essential to have competency related to this care to prevent under-treated patient and further complications. This study aims to explore attitudes and beliefs among undergraduate nursing students at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Kuantan, Pahang toward sexual health care and its association with socio-demographic characteristics. Methods: A descriptive quantitative cross-sectional study with a convenience sampling was conducted among 239 students from March to May 2021. Data were gathered by using Google Forms questionnaires and distributed to all undergraduate nursing students through WhatsApp. The questionnaires were available in three parts: socio-demographic, students’ characteristics, and Sexual Attitude and Belief Survey (SABS). Data analysis was done by using SPSS version 20.0. Results: The majority of nursing students have moderate attitudes and beliefs in delivering sexual health care and Age group was significantly associated with SABS score (p<0.05). Conclusion: Although most nursing students have sufficient knowledge related to sexual health, they still feel uncomfortable and unable to diagnose patients with sexual problems.
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author Ab Rashid, Nur Aida
Ahmad, Norfadzilah
Makhtar, Aniawanis
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Ahmad, Norfadzilah
Makhtar, Aniawanis
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title Attitudes and beliefs of nursing students towards sexual health care
title_short Attitudes and beliefs of nursing students towards sexual health care
title_full Attitudes and beliefs of nursing students towards sexual health care
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title_full_unstemmed Attitudes and beliefs of nursing students towards sexual health care
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publisher IIUM Press
publishDate 2022
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/101538/7/101538_Attitudes%20and%20beliefs%20of%20nursing%20students%20towards%20sexual%20health%20care.pdf
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https://doi.org/10.31436/ijcs.v5i2.240
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