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Sexuality and chronic respiratory disease
- Source :
- Sexuality and chronic respiratory disease, Conférence, Québec, mai 2007, Conférence, Québec, mai 2007, 2007, Québec, Canada
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2007.
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Abstract
- Background: At the admission in rehabilitation program, some patients with chronic respiratory disease were asked by a health professional to to answer a questionnaire about their sexuality. The objectives of the study were 1) to determine if sexual problems occurred in patients with respiratory chronic disease ; 2) to assess if these survey problems were linked to respiratory disease; 3) to explore the motivation to speak about sexuality during rehabilitation program. Methods: 52 consecutive respiratory disease subjects (58.3 ± 9 yr; FEV1 = 65.5 ± 21 % predicted, mean ± SD) answered a sexuality questionnaire survey with rehabilitation team (psychologists, nurses, physiotherapists). This group comprised 26 men and 26 women. Results: 70% of patients estimated that respiratory disease had an impact on their sexuality. A visual analog scale showed that 62% of patients were not satisfied. The severity of obstruction (FEV1) was not correlated to satisfaction (r=.017, P=0.90), or frequency (r=.08, P=0.55). Breathlessness was the most important factor of discomfort in sexual activity (61.5%). Tiredness and cough came second (32% and 21% respectively). 63% of respiratory patients never spoke about their sexuality with a health professional. 60% would like the health professional to begin to talk about their sexuality. 36% of patients spoke about it with a professional. In this group, 94% of patients told the professional about their sexual activity on their own initiative. Conclusion: More than one of two chronic respiratory disease patients (77%) participating in a rehabilitation program want sexuality to be taken into consideration during their program.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Visual analogue scale
medicine.medical_treatment
Human sexuality
02 engineering and technology
01 natural sciences
010309 optics
0103 physical sciences
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
medicine
In patient
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Rehabilitation
Health professionals
business.industry
020208 electrical & electronic engineering
Respiratory disease
Questionnaire
General Medicine
medicine.disease
3. Good health
Chronic disease
[SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/Psychology
[SCCO.PSYC] Cognitive science/Psychology
Physical therapy
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sexuality and chronic respiratory disease, Conférence, Québec, mai 2007, Conférence, Québec, mai 2007, 2007, Québec, Canada
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a0bb9a16a1c3fe36460ff4d150284e52