Investigation of nursing students’ opinions about sexual myths before and after taking a sexual health course

Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine nursing students' knowledge of sexual myths before and after taking a sexual health course. Materials and Methods: This study was a single-group quasi-experimental study. This study was carried out with students registered in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, in the west of Türkiye. The population of the research consists of university students enrolled in the sexual health course. The research was completed with 117 voluntary students. The data were collected with a questionnaire on the descriptive characteristics of the students and the Sexual Myths Scale. In the first week of the sexual health course, students' sexual myths were evaluated with a questionnaire and the Sexual Myths Scale. The sexual myths of the students were reassessed in June 2022, after the students had taken a sexual health course. Results: Before the course total mean score of the scale was found high in the students who were over 21 years old, male, whose mother and father were illiterate or literate. The total mean score of the students' Sexual Myths Scale was 55.9±14.7 and 51.0±15.6 before and after taking the sexual health course. Conclusions: In this study, it was observed that the sexual health course decreased the sexual myths of the students, and the sexual myths decreased after the course.