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Study aim
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Determining the effectiveness of sexual counseling using BETTER model based on virtual networks on quality of sexual life and sexual function in women surviving breast cancer referred to governmental and non governmental centers in Urmia in 1400
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Design
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Clinical trial, with intervention and control groups, one-way blind, simple randomized, sample size on 90 patients, Excel software was used
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Settings and conduct
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Samples will be randomly divided into intervention and control groups. Questionnaires will be completed by participants. The intervention for group A includes at least 4 counseling sessions lasting (90-60 minutes) minutes according to the BETTER model once a week (via WhatsApp) will be performed to group B (control group) after the end of the study, educational content It will be sent in the form of 4 one-hour voices in WhatsApp group.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Wife in the country
Married and , are not on the verge of divorce
Attendance of spouse at least two weeks a month
Do not be pregnant or breastfeeding
If the diagnosis of breast cancer has been confirmed in her
Do not have an underlying or chronic illness other than breast cancer
Experience one of the mastectomy methods
Do not take drug and alcohol
Stage I, II, IIIa cancer
Last at least 6 months from illness
The person's spouse, according to him, has a dysfunction
Access to her for at least the next four months
Smartphone and Internet access
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Intervention groups
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Intervention for group A includes at least 4 counseling sessions for a period of time (90-60 minutes) according to the BETTER model once a week online (contact via Whats Up) will be executed. The people of group B (control group) after the end of the study, the educational content will be sent in the form of 4 one-hour voices in the WhatsApp group.
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Main outcome variables
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Sexual counseling, sexual function, quality of sexual life