From: Iranian nurses’ perspective of barriers to sexual counseling for patients with myocardial infarction
Statements related to barriers | agree | Disagree | No idea | score | ||||
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N | % | N | % | N | % | M | SD | |
Short hospital stay | 89 | 52.7 | 44 | 26 | 36 | 21.3 | 2.31 | 0.80 |
Lack of time for training | 91 | 53.8 | 60 | 35.5 | 18 | 10.7 | 2.43 | 0.68 |
Cultural differences between patient and nurse | 139 | 82.2 | 17 | 10.1 | 13 | 7.7 | 2.75 | 0.59 |
Patient’s unwillingness to discuss sexual issues | 129 | 76.3 | 18 | 10.7 | 22 | 13 | 2.63 | 0.70 |
Having or not having a companion | 82 | 48.5 | 47 | 27.8 | 40 | 23.7 | 2.25 | 0.82 |
Social status of the patient | 132 | 78.1 | 21 | 12.4 | 16 | 9.5 | 2.69 | 0.64 |
Patient age | 127 | 75.1 | 17 | 10.1 | 25 | 14.8 | 2.60 | 0.73 |
Patient distrust of nurse to discuss sexual concerns | 117 | 69.2 | 24 | 14.2 | 28 | 16.6 | 2.53 | 0.76 |
Fear of confidentiality | 131 | 77.5 | 21 | 12.4 | 17 | 10.1 | 2.67 | 0.65 |
The veil of patients | 148 | 87.6 | 12 | 7.1 | 9 | 5.3 | 2.82 | 0.50 |
Religious and religious reasons for the patient | 151 | 89.3 | 7 | 4.2 | 11 | 6,5 | 2.83 | 0.52 |
Not asking the patient about sexual issues. | 143 | 84.6 | 12 | 7.1 | 14 | 8,3 | 2.76 | 0.59 |
Patient’s negative attitude about discussing sex | 138 | 81.7 | 8 | 4.7 | 23 | 13.6 | 2.68 | 0.70 |
Total score (Barriers related to the patient) | 33.96 | 5.57 |