Comparing the Effectiveness of Counseling Based on PLISSIT and BETTER Models on Postpartum Sexual Functioning in Women: A randomized trial

Objective: the purpose of this study was to test: the BETTER counseling model is more effectiveness in terms of improving postpartum sexual functioning after giving birth compared to the PLISSIT model. Methods: This clinical trial was performed on 80 women in 2017 within the period of 4 weeks to 6 months following childbirth. The study subjects were randomly assigned to two groups of PLISSIT and BETTER and attended two counseling sessions with a 1week interval. The research instruments also included a demographic and sexual characteristics information questionnaire and female sexual function index (FSFI). The sexual functioning was evaluated in two stages before and 4 weeks after the interventions, the data analysis was conducted using the SPSS (24) with independent t-test, paired t-test, and Mann-Whitney U test and considering a significance level of 0.05. Results: The mean and the standard deviation of the sexual functioning total score after the intervention in the PLISSIT group were by 56.2±6.4 and in the BETTER group were also reported by 60.2±7.9, the results of paired t-test showed that such a difference was significant (p=0.016). Conclusion: the BETTER counseling model compared to the PLISSIT one is the more effectiveness in terms of improving postpartum sexual functioning after postpartum

Comparing the Effectiveness of Counseling Based on PLISSIT and BETTER Models on Postpartum Sexual Functioning in Women: A randomized trial Keywords:

Counseling , PLISSIT , BETTER , Sexual Functioning , Postpartum