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- Title
Association among sexual function, functional independence and quality of life in patients after cerebrovascular accident.
- Authors
Rodrigues Pereira, Alianny Raphaely; de Sousa Dantas, Diego; Torres, Vanessa Braga; de Souza Ramalho Viana, Elizabel; Nascimento Correia, Grasiéla; Gomes Magalhães, Adriana
- Abstract
This observational, quantitative and crosssectional study aimed to assess the sexual function and compare the quality of life and functional independence among individuals, affected by cerebrovascular accident (CVA), sexually active and inactive. Individuals were previously contacted by telephone and scheduled at their convenience. We applied an assessment form containing demographic data, life habits, self-reported health and sexual function, in addition to the WHOQOL questionnaire for the evaluation of quality of life and scale of measure of functional independence. When assessing 29 individuals, we found that 48.3% were sexually active. Among them, 64.3 individuals were male and 35.7 were female. Most of the sample reported decreased sexual activity after the stroke (64.3%), 60% of women have sexual dysfunction through female sexual quotient, and 77.7% of men have erectile dysfunction, evaluated by the International Index of Erectile Function. We observed that sexually active individuals had better quality of life on the physical domain (p=0.035), greater functional (p=0.005) and cognitive (p=0.006) motor independence when 54 compared with individuals who were not sexually active. We concluded that a significant portion of patients remain sexually active and that sexual activity was associated with cognitive and motor independence
- Subjects
CHI-squared test; COGNITION; STATISTICAL correlation; FEMALE reproductive organ diseases; SEXUAL health; IMPOTENCE; MOTOR ability; NONPARAMETRIC statistics; SCIENTIFIC observation; ORGASM; QUALITY of life; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-evaluation; HUMAN sexuality; SEX distribution; SEXUAL excitement; SEXUAL intercourse; STROKE; SEXUAL dysfunction; QUANTITATIVE research; DISEASE prevalence; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; PATIENTS' attitudes; FUNCTIONAL assessment; MANN Whitney U Test
- Publication
Fisioterapia e Pesquisa, 2017, Vol 24, Issue 1, p54
- ISSN
1809-2950
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1809-2950/16270824012017