Exploring the attitudes and beliefs of Saudi female nursing students towards sexual healthcare: mixed method study.

IF 3 3区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Frontiers in Public Health Pub Date : 2025-05-09 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2025.1513090

Wafa Almegewly, Rasha Mohammed Hussein, Mahmoud Abdelwahab Khedr

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Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to explore the attitudes and beliefs of Saudi female nursing students towards sexual healthcare.

Methods: A mixed-methods research design was employed on a sample of 247 Saudi female undergraduate nursing students using a non-probability sampling technique that incorporated a combination of purposive and snowball sampling. The participants completed an online questionnaire covering sociodemographic characteristics and the Sexual Attitudes and Beliefs Scale (SABS), two open-ended questions asking about the reasons for denying sexual healthcare and related issues.

Results: The study found that nursing students had a poor attitude towards discussing sexuality as essential to patients' health outcomes, with a mean score of 2.3 (SD = 1.4). Correlational analyses revealed a significantly high positive correlation between age and year of the program (r = 0.828, p < 0.001), a significant but very low positive association between age and Grade Point Average (GPA) (r = 0.198, p = 0.046), and a significant negative correlation between the belief that "discussing sexuality is essential to patients' health outcomes" and nursing students' GPA (r = -0.173, p = 0.006).

Conclusion: The exploration of Saudi female nursing students' attitudes and beliefs towards sexual healthcare reveals a nuanced landscape where attitudes vary across different aspects of sexual health discussions.

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探讨沙特女护生对性健康的态度和信念：混合方法研究。

目的：本研究旨在探讨沙特女护生对性保健的态度和信念。方法：采用目的抽样和滚雪球抽样相结合的非概率抽样方法，对247名沙特女护理本科学生进行混合方法研究设计。参与者完成了一份在线调查问卷，内容包括社会人口特征和性态度和信仰量表（SABS），这是两个开放式问题，询问拒绝性健康保健和相关问题的原因。结果：研究发现，护生对讨论性行为对患者健康结果至关重要的态度较差，平均得分为2.3分（SD = 1.4）。相关性分析显示年龄和年之间相当高的正相关程序的(r = 0.828,p  = 0.046页),和相信之间存在显著的负相关”讨论性是至关重要的病人的健康状况和护理学生的GPA (r = -0.173,p = 0.006)。结论：沙特女护理学生对性健康的态度和信念的探索揭示了一个微妙的景观，态度在性健康讨论的不同方面有所不同。

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Frontiers in Public Health Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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4.80

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7.70%

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4469

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14 weeks

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