THE EFFECT OF SOLUTION-FOCUSED APPROACH ON LOW SEXUAL DESIRE IN WOMEN

Sexual desire is one of the most common forms of sexual dysfunction. Counseling with a solution-focused approach can offer helpful support to couples in solving this problem because they have an optimistic and promising perspective on life problems. The aim of the current study was to determine the effect of the solution-focused approach on low sexual desire disorder in women referred to Hamadan health centers.

This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 120 women with decreased libido referred to health centers in Hamadan, 2016. They were randomly divided into intervention (n=60) and control (n=60) groups. The demographic and socio-demographic information forms, and the low libido assessment questionnaire (Decreased Sexual Desire Screener) were completed before and after the counseling sessions. Intervention group participated in seven sessions of 90 minutes of counseling and care. Data were analyzed by ANCOVA and repeated measure ANCOVA using SPSS software version 16.

The findings showed that the mean and standard deviation of libido in the intervention group before and after the intervention were 8.8±3.2, and 6.7±1.7, respectively (p= 0.001). In the control group, there were no significant differences between pre- and post-intervention scores (8.7±2.8, 8.5±2.8 respectively)(p=0.520).

The results indicated the success of counseling with a solution-focused approach in improving female libido, so this method of counseling can be used to improve libido.