Comparing the effect of sexual empowerment program based on telenursing care and face-to-face training on sexual self-efficacy of women referring to selected community health centers in Tehran 2020

Introduction: Telenursing is considered as a subset of telehealth care that focuses on the provision, management and coordination of care and services using telecommunication technology in the field of nursing and its goal is to improve the quality of care. One of the applications of telenursing is the education of women in the field of sexual empowerment based on sexual self-efficacy. Sexual ability and satisfaction resulting from it is considered as one of the most basic aspects of human life, and healthy sexual performance plays an important role in feeling healthy and improving the quality of life. The purpose of this research was to compare the sexual self-efficacy of women before and after the empowerment program, as well as to compare the effect of the distance and face-to-face sexual empowerment education in women who referred to the health and treatment center of the district 6 of Tehran in winter of 1400. Materials and methods: This quasi experimental study was conducted on 56 women who referred to the health and treatment center of district 6 of Tehran. The research units were randomly divided into two groups and the empowerment program was conducted face-to-face and remotely. The sexual self-efficacy of the two groups before and after the empowerment program was measured and compared with the sexual self-efficacy questionnaire. The reliability of the sexual self-efficacy questionnaire was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha measurement method of 0.86 and the content validity of the sexual self-efficacy questionnaire in Iran was approved. Results: The results showed that in the face-to-face and telenursing groups, the mean score of sexual self-efficacy in the post-test was significantly higher than the pre-test. based on the results of the covariance test, the mean score of women's sexual self-efficacy in the two groups was no significant difference. Conclusion: Based on the results, no significant difference was observed between the two groups in terms of the effectiveness of the two methods of face-to-face and telenursing programs. Therefore, considering the difficulties and cost of face-to-face education, telenursing, is recommended as an effective, cheap, simple and attractive method for the clients.