Exploring the attitudes and beliefs of Saudi female nursing students towards sexual healthcare: mixed method study
ObjectivesThis study aims to explore the attitudes and beliefs of Saudi female nursing students towards sexual healthcare.MethodsA 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...
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| description | ObjectivesThis study aims to explore the attitudes and beliefs of Saudi female nursing students towards sexual healthcare.MethodsA 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.ResultsThe 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).ConclusionThe 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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| spelling | doaj-art-d35bc2e4aff646e0ae7a8dc3ea843c9d2025-08-20T03:48:47ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652025-05-011310.3389/fpubh.2025.15130901513090Exploring the attitudes and beliefs of Saudi female nursing students towards sexual healthcare: mixed method studyWafa Almegewly0Rasha Mohammed Hussein1Mahmoud Abdelwahab Khedr2Department of Community and Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Psychiatric and Mental Health, and Community Health, College of Nursing, Qassim University, Buraidah, Saudi ArabiaPsychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Alexandria, EgyptObjectivesThis study aims to explore the attitudes and beliefs of Saudi female nursing students towards sexual healthcare.MethodsA 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.ResultsThe 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).ConclusionThe 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.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1513090/fullattitudesbeliefsexualhealth carenursing students |
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| title | Exploring the attitudes and beliefs of Saudi female nursing students towards sexual healthcare: mixed method study |
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