Prosthetic and orthotic students' attitudes toward addressing sexual health in their future profession

Prosthetics and Orthotics International
Kristina Areskoug-JosefssonNerrolyn Ramstrand

Abstract

Prosthetists and orthotists have a responsibility to direct treatment toward enabling their clients to perform desired activities and to facilitate participation of their clients in all areas of life. This may include provision of assistive technologies to help clients meet goals related to participation in sexual activities. To help prosthetic and orthotic students develop competencies in dealing with the sexual health of their future clients, it is necessary to generate knowledge of their own perceived competence and capacity. To explore prosthetic and orthotic students' attitudes and competence toward working with sexual health and to evaluate reliability and validity of the Students' Attitudes Towards Addressing Sexual Health questionnaire. Cross-sectional study. Students enrolled in all three years of an undergraduate prosthetic and orthotic program were requested to complete the Students' Attitudes Towards Addressing Sexual Health questionnaire ( n = 65). Reliability and validity were evaluated using the content validity index and Cronbach's alpha. Students felt unprepared to talk about sexual health with future clients and thought that they would be embarrassed if they raised the issue. No differences were identified bet...Continue Reading

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Apr 18, 2020·Prosthetics and Orthotics International·Cody L McDonaldSara J Morgan
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