Bokaie Mahshid, Mirshafieian Naeimeh, Jafari Mir Saeid
Research Center for Nursing and Midwifery Care, Non-communicable Diseases Research Institute, Department of Midwifery/Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
International Campus of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran.
Galen Med J. 2023 Sep 2;12:e2747. doi: 10.31661/gmj.v12i.2747. eCollection 2023.
Parents of children with intelligence and motor problems, including Down syndrome have to spend more time babysitting resulting in less intimacy with their mates. Solution-focused brief therapy is one of the treatments presented in the field of marital intimacy. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of solution-focused counseling on marital intimacy in mothers of children with Down syndrome.
In this randomized clinical trial study, 72 couples were selected among members of the Asemannili Society (Isfahan-Iran) from 19/01/2021 to 20/04/2021. The control group received an educational pamphlet for four sessions (without homework) every other week while the intervention group attended eight 90-minute online counseling programs once a week. Bagarozi Marital Intimacy Questionnaire was completed at baseline, after intervention (8th week), and follow-up period (12th week) by the women and their spouses.
The mean scores of marital intimacy between the two groups at baseline (online: 313.23 ± 70.86, pamphlet: 315.92 ± 41.45) compared to the 12th week (online: 370.13 ± 44.63, pamphlet: 332.42 ± 30.39) were significantly different. The analysis of the variance test with repeated observations showed that the effect of group, and time on the total score of marital intimacy and its other dimensions, were significant (P0.05) for women.
Both online and pamphlet counseling can improve marital intimacy in mothers of children with Down syndrome, but online counseling appears to be more effective. Thus, this method is recommended for improving the marital intimacy of these women.
患有智力和运动问题的儿童（包括唐氏综合征患儿）的父母需要花费更多时间照顾孩子，这导致他们与配偶的亲密关系减少。聚焦解决短期治疗是婚姻亲密关系领域提出的治疗方法之一。本研究旨在调查聚焦解决咨询对唐氏综合征患儿母亲婚姻亲密关系的有效性。
在这项随机临床试验研究中，于2021年1月19日至2021年4月20日从阿斯曼尼利协会（伊朗伊斯法罕）成员中选取72对夫妇。对照组每隔一周接受四次教育手册（无家庭作业），而干预组每周参加一次共八次90分钟的在线咨询项目。女性及其配偶在基线、干预后（第8周）和随访期（第12周）完成巴加罗齐婚姻亲密关系问卷。
两组在基线时的婚姻亲密关系平均得分（在线组：313.23±70.86，手册组：315.92±41.45）与第12周（在线组：370.13±44.63，手册组：332.42±30.39）相比有显著差异。重复观察的方差分析表明，组和时间对婚姻亲密关系总分及其其他维度的影响具有显著性（P0.05）。
在线咨询和手册咨询均可改善唐氏综合征患儿母亲的婚姻亲密关系，但在线咨询似乎更有效。因此，推荐这种方法来改善这些女性的婚姻亲密关系。
