Actitudes del personal de enfermería hacia la sexualidad de personas con discapacidad y su relación con factores asociados, en el área 01, del distrito 01 del Ministerio de Salud Pública del Ecuador

Abstract

Background: There is little information on the attitudes of nursing personnel towards the sexuality of people with disabilities (PWD) and their relationship with associated factors in the setting. Objective: To identify the prevalence of positive or negative attitudes of nursing personnel towards the sexuality of PWD, and to associate it with the following factors: their own sexuality, source of information on sexuality, area of professional practice, age, and sex. Methodology: Is an quantitative, correlational and cross-sectional study. The "Revised Sexual Opinion Survey (EROS)" and the questionnaire "Attitudes towards sexuality of people with Disabilities (ATSD)" were applied to the nursing personnel of district 01, area 01 of the Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador (n=69) (88,4% women and 11,6% men). Results: The ATSD Scale, presented the average value of 2,96, determining predominantly positive attitudes towards sexuality in PWD. As for the association with other factors, only age obtained a statistically significant association score, the participants with the lowest age range have positive attitudes in contrast to their counterparts with the highest rank. Conclusions: Nursing staff attitudes towards PWD sexuality may influence the counseling they provide to this group or their caregivers, in addition to the mentioned factors, further studies are needed to determine other factors that modify these attitudes.