The Effectiveness of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy on Sexual Self-Esteem and Sexual Function in Women with Multiple Sclerosis

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotionally focused couple therapy on sexual self-esteem and sexual function in women with multiple sclerosis in the city of Tehran.
This was a quasi experimental study with pretest-posttest, a month follow-up and control group. The statistical population included women with multiple sclerosis in the city of Tehran. 30 patients with the age range of 20-50 years old were chosen as samples and randomly were divided in 2 groups of individuals as control and emotionally focused therapy. The experimental groups practiced the emotionally focused therapy for a month, 9 step and 60 minutes in each session. Then, post-test was performed for them. For data collecting, the sexual self-esteem and sexual function questionnaires were used. Data analysis was done by using multivariate analysis of covariance by SPSS 23 software at a significant level less than 0.05.
Statistical data analysis illustrated that the amounts of sexual self-esteem of life after emotionally focused couple therapy intervention were significantly increased in experimental than control group (p According to the findings of this study, emotionally focused couple therapy has affected on sexual self-esteem and sexual function in women with multiple sclerosis Thus, emotionally focused couple therapy can be a good approach to improve the sexual problems in women with multiple sclerosis.