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Introduction: Sexuality is an integral part of development and personality, and is important in healthcare. Nurses are among the most representative healthcare professionals. For holistic and inclusive nursing care practice and to improve equality, human rights, well-being, and health of individuals, the curricula of nursing courses must integrate broad knowledge about sexuality and its diversity. This study aimed to identify and analyze nursing students' knowledge of sexuality, sex, and gender diversity. The present study was part of a multicenter study conducted in Europe. Methods: Questionnaires were administered in three nursing schools to assess nursing students' knowledge (n = 75). Data processing was performed using Excel® software version 20 and IRaMuTeQ (R Interface pour les Analysis Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires) 0.7 alpha 2, allowing organization by category and subsequent thematic analysis using content analysis. Results: The textual corpus "Nursing students' knowledge about sexuality in its diversity," was divided into two sub-corpus: "Students' perception of sexuality" and "Students' perception of gender identity," originating Class 6 "Eroticism" (14.23%) and Classes 4 "Sexual Orientation" (16.07%) and 3 "Heteronormative" (16.07%), the latter with greater proximity to each other and consequently to Class 6. Similarly, Classes 1 "Gender" (20.36%) and 5 "Cisgender" (12.14%) also presented a greater interrelationship between themselves and consecutively with Class 2 "Gender Identity" (15.36%). Discussion: The analyses revealed that though nursing students possessed knowledge about sexuality and its diversity, this knowledge was elementary and did not reveal a sustained appropriation of concepts related to sexuality, sexual orientation, and gender diversity. For some questions, the absence of students' answers were noteworthy, and may be associated with their personal reservation in expressing themselves on this sensitive and intimate theme. To ensure diversity, inclusivity, and impartiality in nursing practice, it is imperative to change the curriculum plans of nursing courses to address the theme of sexuality during the training process of nurses in Europe.
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Resumo Enquadramento: O Modelo Dinâmico de Avaliação e Intervenção Familiar é mobilizado no processo de ensino aprendizagem dos estudantes da licenciatura em enfermagem, como orientador no processo de cuidados às famílias na comunidade. Objetivo: Analisar as dimensões valorizadas pelos estudantes do curso de licenciatura em enfermagem, no desenvolvimento de competências na avaliação e intervenção familiar. Metodologia: Estudo exploratório-descritivo com 350 estudantes da licenciatura em Enfermagem. Uso de formulário para identificar aspetos valorizados na utilização do modelo referencial teórico e operativo em ensino clínico. Análise de conteúdo com categorização a priori e a posteriori. Cumpridos os pressupostos éticos. Resultados: Identificam-se cinco dimensões: Clareza (mais valorizada); Simplicidade; Generalidade; Consequências deriváveis (frequência de nomeação intermédia) e Precisão empírica (menos valorizada). Emerge interligação entre etapas do processo de cuidados e modelo como instrumento de mudança e referencial na tomada de decisão no contexto clínico. Conclusão: As dimensões confirmam a importância atribuída pelos estudantes à estrutura e sentido na aprendizagem dos cuidados à família sendo preditivas da aprendizagem integrada, entre teoria e prática em enfermagem.
Abstract Background: The Dynamic Model of Family Assessment and Intervention is used in the teaching-learning process of undergraduate nursing students to guide the process of caring for families in the community. Objective: To analyze the dimensions valued by undergraduate nursing students in the development of family assessment and intervention skills. Methodology: An exploratory-descriptive study was conducted with 350 undergraduate nursing students. A form was used to identify aspects valued in using the theoretical and operational model in clinical teaching. Data were subjected to content analysis, with a priori and a posteriori categorization. All ethical assumptions were met. Results: Five dimensions were identified: Clarity (most valued); Simplicity; Generality; Derivable consequences (intermediate frequency), and Empirical precision (least valued). Interconnection emerges between stages of the care process and the model as an instrument of change and reference in decision-making in clinical settings. Conclusion: The dimensions confirm the importance attributed by students to the structure and meaning in learning about family care and are predictors of integrated learning between nursing theory and practice.
Resumen Marco contextual: El Modelo Dinámico de Evaluación e Intervención Familiar se articula en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje de los estudiantes del grado en Enfermería, como guía en el proceso de cuidados a las familias en la comunidad. Objetivo: Analizar las dimensiones valoradas por los estudiantes del grado en Enfermería en el desarrollo de competencias en la evaluación e intervención familiar. Metodología: Estudio exploratorio-descriptivo con 350 estudiantes del grado en Enfermería. Se utilizó un formulario para identificar los aspectos valorados en el uso del modelo referencial teórico y operativo en la enseñanza clínica. Análisis de contenido con categorización a priori y a posteriori. Se cumplieron todos los supuestos éticos. Resultados: Se identifican cinco dimensiones, Clareza (más valorada); Simplicidad; Generalidad; Consecuencias derivables (frecuencia intermedia) y Precisión empírica (menos valorada). Surge interconexión entre etapas del proceso de cuidados y modelo como instrumento de cambio y referencia para la toma de decisiones en el contexto clínico. Conclusión: Las dimensiones confirman la importancia atribuida por los estudiantes a la estructura y el significado en el aprendizaje de los cuidados a la familia, y son predictivas del aprendizaje integrado entre la teoría y la práctica en enfermería.
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BACKGROUND: Nurses dealing with a patient's sexuality must start from an awareness of their own experience, specific attitudes, and possible limits. What emerges from the literature is a conservative tendency in nurses, which underlines the difficulty in this awareness, but even a difficulty in improving the necessary knowledge/skills. It is, therefore, essential to create tools that can raise awareness of these limits. OBJECTIVE: the present study aims to explore the psychometric properties of the Attitudes and Beliefs about Sexuality Scale, adapted and validated for the Italian context. METHOD: This is an instrumental, cross-sectional piece of research, whose SABS validation process applies the steps of Beaton and Valmi. The convenience sample collected data from 223 participants in the first approach. This was followed by a retest involving 44 students randomly selected from those who responded in the first phase. Ethical principles were respected. RESULTS: The SABS questionnaire demonstrated good test-retest reliability, good internal consistency, and adequate construct validity. CONCLUSIONS: The Italian version of the SABS is valid and reliable for use with nursing students. This is the fourth language in which the SABS is available for research.
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Language , Students, Nursing , Humans , Reproducibility of Results , Cross-Sectional Studies , Psychometrics , Surveys and Questionnaires , Sexuality , Attitude of Health PersonnelABSTRACT
Nursing school graduates must be prepared to interact comfortably and effectively with patients about their sexual health. This study analyses the attitudes and beliefs about patient sexuality held by Portuguese and American nursing students. OBJECTIVE: In Portuguese and American nursing students, (1) we analyzed students' attitudes and beliefs towards sexuality using the Sexuality Attitudes and Beliefs Survey (SABS); (2) we identified nationality, socio-demographic information, and affective-sexual beliefs and attitudes. METHOD: Quantitative, cross-sectional study; convenience sample of 296 students (63.2% Portuguese; 36.8% American); mean age: 21.9 years (SD = 3.12); two-way ANOVA and multiple correspondence analyses were performed. RESULTS: Attitudes and beliefs toward sexuality: Portuguese women are more liberal than men, contrary to American students. Among both nationalities, participants with multiple sexual partners held more conservative attitudes. Sexual orientation: bisexual American students and homosexual Portuguese students are conservative. Multiple correspondence analysis revealed two profiles: (1) Portuguese students: liberal-tolerant in attitudes towards patient sexuality, live with family/roommate, 18 to 21 years old, no or one sexual partner; (2) US students: traditionalist attitudes towards patient sexuality, share house, 22 and 23 years old, multiple partners. CONCLUSION: Human sexuality must be addressed in nursing education curricula.
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The Sexual Quality of Life-Female (SQoL-F) questionnaire was developed with qualitative data to assess the impact of sexual dysfunction in women. OBJECTIVES: the aim was to conduct a cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric analysis of a European Portuguese version of the Sexual Quality of Life-Female questionnaire. METHODS: Methodological study of the processes of translation and cultural adaptation. This is a retrospective study in which nursing students participated. DATA COLLECTION: Lime Survey platform in a convenience sample was carried out in two stages, the latter being re-testing data. The instrument analysed, presented as a latent variable, consisted of 18 items on a Likert scale. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee. PARTICIPANTS: the sample was 113 women, mean age 21.99 years (±3.76), attending classes in the first 4 years of the first cycle of nursing. RESULTS: Reliability was analysed and stability was found in the test-retest (rs = 0.658) and in the intraclass coefficient (rs = 0.821). The internal consistency analysis showed an alpha value of 0.846. Discriminant validity analysis using the Mann-Whitney test revealed a higher score of the quality of sexual life of students living with parents/surrogates. Factor validity analysis was conducted using Oblimin rotation with four-, three- and two-factor tests. Parallel analysis of the empirical matrix compared to the random matrix showed that the instrument was unidimensional. CONCLUSIONS: the assessment of the properties of the SQoL-F is valuable, as the provision of a valid and reliable instrument contributes to the quality of subsequent studies, including for local and multicentre research.
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Sexuality is an important issue in the university careers of nursing students to ensure that they provide comprehensive care. It is necessary according to the recommendation of the World Health Organization. However, research reveals deficiencies and the need for further development. The aim of the study is to describe the perspective of teachers and students on the content of sexuality in nursing education. The project aims to analyze the attitudes and beliefs of the students about the sexuality of their patients. Furthermore, the experience and sexual lives of the future nurses, as well the teaching of sexuality content in the curriculum, will be analyzed. As for the educators, their level of knowledge about sexuality and vision of sexuality education in undergraduate nursing education will be analyzed. This study is an exploratory and descriptive study with a quantitative-qualitative approach in a multi-center context. The sample is composed of students and professors of nursing courses from five universities (Portugal, Spain, Italy and United States). Questionnaires and semistructured interviews will be used for data collection. The results of the study will allow the inclusion of sexual competence in the curriculum from the beginning in higher education. This article describes the research protocol.
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Objective:To describe the validation process of the Sexuality Attitudes and Beliefs Survey (SABS) for the Portuguese language and its respective psychometric properties.Methods:A methodological and quantitative study with the participation of 49 nursing students. After the translation of the SABS, ensuring the semantic, idiomatic and conceptual equivalence of the content of items, its psychometric qualities were determined.Results:In terms of reliability, the Cronbach's alpha for the final version of 11 items was 0.72, which was 0.80 in the test-retest. The discriminant validity was proven.Conclusion:The Portuguese version of the SABS is valid and reliable for use in investigation studies, both in terms of training as in clinical practice.
Objetivo: Descrever o processo de validação para a língua portuguesa do Sexuality Attitudes and Beliefs Survey (SABS) e suas respectivas propriedades psicométricas. Métodos: Estudo metodológico e quantitativo. Participaram 49 estudantes de enfermagem. Após o desenvolvimento da tradução do SABS, atendendo à equivalência semântica, idiomática e conceitual do conteúdo dos seus itens, procedeu-se à determinação das qualidades psicométricas. Resultados: Ao nível da confiabilidade, obteve-se um alfa de Cronbach para a versão final de 11 itens de 0,72, que, no teste-reteste, foi de 0,80. Foi comprovada a validade discriminante. Conclusão: A versão portuguesa do SABS é válida e fiável para utilização em estudos de investigação, quer ao nível da formação quer da prática clínica.
