Investigating the Impact of Intervention based on PERSEDE Model on the Marital Satisfaction of Female Nurses Working in Kashani Shahrekord Hospital (2023)

Marital satisfaction is one of the factors related to the mental health and occupational stress of nurses. Therefore, the present study w was conducted to examine the impact of PERSEDE model-based intervention on the marital satisfaction of female nurses working in Kashani Shahrekord Hospital.

In this semi-experimental study, two groups before and after, 50 people were selected from the female nursing staff working in Kashani Shahrekord Hospital and were divided into two groups based on the criteria for entering the intervention by accessible and simple random sampling method. The instrument used was the short form of the Enrich Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire and the personal profile questionnaire. For the intervention group, 8 weekly 2-hour sessions were held, and before, immediately and,  4 weeks after the end of the intervention, the Enrich Marital Satisfaction Questionnaire was completed by both groups. Data analysis using mean, standard deviation, variance analysis with repeated measurements, Fisher precision test, Bonferroni stalking and, Wilcoxon Test, man Whitney nonparametric tests were performed at the five percent error level using version 26 of the SPSS software.

The average score of marital satisfaction in the nurses of the intervention group before the training was 163.00±23.90, immediately after the training was 179.96±17.89 and 4 weeks after the training was equal to 179.60±18.75 and in the control group before training from 165.56±13.01, immediately after training 163.24±13.85 and 4 weeks after training was 162.32±13.12; Based on the results of the Wilcoxon test, the marital satisfaction score in the intervention group in the areas of personality, marital relationship, conflict resolution, financial management, leisure activities, sexual relations, marriage and children, relatives and friends, and religious orientation immediately And 4 weeks later, the training was significantly more than before training (p>0.001).

  Life skills training based on PERSED model had a positive effect on increasing the marital satisfaction of female nurses; Therefore, it is suggested that life skills training for married nurses based on health policy be held periodically.