ArticleJournal of education and health promotion2024
Comparing the effect of sexual counseling based on BETTER and PLISSIT models on sexual assertiveness in women with breast cancer after mastectomy.
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- Effects of sexual counseling and education based on self-efficacy theory on the sexual function of women with breast cancer.BMC women's health · 2025Trial
- Effect of WhatsApp-based BETTER model sexual counselling on sexual function and sexual quality of life in breast cancer survivors: a randomized control trial.BMC women's health · 2024Trial
- Educational Intervention to Improve Sexual Health and Quality of Life in Survivors of Breast and Gynecological Cancer: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Feasibility Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Sexual dysfunction in Brazilian women undergoing adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer: prevalence and associated factors.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Oncology Nurses' Attitudes, Knowledge, and Practices in Providing Sexuality Care to Cancer Patients: A Scoping Review.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundSexual changes in breast cancer occur after diagnosis and treatment, including a mastectomy. Sexual assertiveness is an effective factor in sexual satisfaction, which means the ability to convey sexual feelings, beliefs, and thoughts. Given the limited studies on sexual assertiveness in breast cancer and different client participation, this study was conducted to compare the effect of sexual counseling based on two models of PLISSIT (Permission, Limited Information, Specific Suggestion, Intensive Therapy) and BETTER (Bring Up, Explain, Tell, Time, Education, Record) on sexual assertiveness in women after mastectomy. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis quasi-experimental intervention was conducted in 2021 in Mashhad, Iran. Seventy-eight mastectomized women with breast cancer were assigned to the BETTER (
resultsThe results of the study showed that before the intervention, there was no significant difference in the score of sexual assertiveness in both groups (
conclusionThe results indicated that BETTER sexual counseling was more effective in increasing the sexual assertiveness of mastectomized women than PLISSIT counseling. Due to its simplicity and client-centeredness, this model can be used in breast cancer care programs.
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