The Effect of EX-PLISSIT Model-Based Sexual Counseling in Postmenopausal Women

NCT ID: NCT07283146

Last Updated: 2025-12-15

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 74 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-12-15
• Study Completion Date: 2026-07-17

Brief Summary

The study will be conducted in two groups as counseling and control. Participants will be approached at the Public Education Center. After postmenopausal women are evaluated according to eligibility criteria, those who are eligible will be informed about the research and written informed consent will be obtained from those who agree. Random assignment of women to the study groups will be carried out using randomization.

This study aimed to determine the effects of sexual counseling based on the EX-PLISSIT model on sexual quality of life, sexual satisfaction, and perceptions of sexuality in postmenopausal women.

Conditions

Postmenopause

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Counseling Group

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

EX-PLISSIT Model-Based Sexual Counseling

Intervention Type: OTHER

Women in the experimental group will receive sexual counseling based on the EX-PLISSIT model. The steps to be followed in accordance with this model are as follows:

Session 1 Permission Limited Information Specific Suggestions IT - Intensive Therapy

Session 2 At the beginning of the interview, the data collection forms will be re-administered, and the homework assigned in the first session will be discussed. The information needed by the woman, in line with her questions, will be provided within the steps of the EX-PLISSIT model: permission, limited information, specific suggestions, and, if necessary, intensive therapy. At the end of the second session, the women will be given an appointment for the final assessment to be conducted two months later.

Session 3 At the beginning of the interview, the data collection forms will be administered for the last time, the woman's questions (if any) will be answered, and the session will be concluded.

Control Group

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

EX-PLISSIT Model-Based Sexual Counseling

Women in the experimental group will receive sexual counseling based on the EX-PLISSIT model. The steps to be followed in accordance with this model are as follows:

Session 1 Permission Limited Information Specific Suggestions IT - Intensive Therapy

Session 2 At the beginning of the interview, the data collection forms will be re-administered, and the homework assigned in the first session will be discussed. The information needed by the woman, in line with her questions, will be provided within the steps of the EX-PLISSIT model: permission, limited information, specific suggestions, and, if necessary, intensive therapy. At the end of the second session, the women will be given an appointment for the final assessment to be conducted two months later.

Session 3 At the beginning of the interview, the data collection forms will be administered for the last time, the woman's questions (if any) will be answered, and the session will be concluded.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Postmenopausal, defined as having had no menstrual periods or vaginal bleeding in the last 12 months,
• Under 65 years of age,
• Married,
• Having entered menopause naturally,
• Able to understand, speak, and read Turkish.

Exclusion Criteria

• Women with diagnosed conditions that may significantly affect sexual quality of life (such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, pulmonary diseases, cancer types, psychiatric disorders, or a history of neurological stroke),
• Women using medications known to negatively affect sexual function (including psychotropic drugs, cardiac and antihypertensive medications, anticonvulsants, opioids, antinarcotics, H2-receptor antagonists, and antihistamines),
• Those who have previously received or are currently receiving hormone replacement therapy,
• Those with a diagnosis of sexual dysfunction in themselves or their partners,
• Those who have experienced major stressful life events (such as an accident, trauma, or the death or severe illness of a close relative) within the three months prior to the study,
• Women with a serious impairment that affects their ability to complete data collection forms,
• Not willing to participate in the study.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 64 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

NESLİHAN YILMAZ SEZER

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

NESLİHAN YILMAZ SEZER

Faculty of Nursing

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

18/242

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id