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Association between Sexual Function and Marital Relationship in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease

BACKGROUND: Patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) may report difficulties with sexual function and marital relationship. However, there is a dearth of studies focusing on the association between these aspects in IHD patients. The present study sought to assess the association between sexual fun...

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Autores principales: Assari, Shervin, Moghani Lankarani, Maryam, Ahmadi, Khodabakhsh, Kazemi Saleh, Davoud
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4393835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25870630
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author Assari, Shervin
Moghani Lankarani, Maryam
Ahmadi, Khodabakhsh
Kazemi Saleh, Davoud
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Moghani Lankarani, Maryam
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description BACKGROUND: Patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) may report difficulties with sexual function and marital relationship. However, there is a dearth of studies focusing on the association between these aspects in IHD patients. The present study sought to assess the association between sexual function and marital relationship among IHD patients and also test the effect modification of gender, education level, and marital distress on the above association. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 551 patients with IHD were enrolled and their sexual function and marital relationship quality were assessed with the Relation and Sexuality Scale (RSS) and Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS), respectively. Association between marital relationship quality and sexual function was assessed with respect to gender, education level, and marital distress. RESULTS: Most participants (72%) were men at a mean age of 57 ± 11 (range = 36–80) years. Total sexual function was significantly correlated with total marital quality (r = −0.28), marital consensus (r = −0.17), marital coherence (r = −0.19), marital affection expression (r = −0.22), and marital satisfaction (r = −0.25). Total marital quality also showed a significant association with sexual fear (r = −0.11). These associations were moderated by gender, education level, and marital distress level. CONCLUSION: Among the IHD patients, sexual function and marital relationship quality showed a mild to moderate association. Association between sexual function and marital relationship quality, however, may depend on gender, education level, and marital distress level.
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spelling pubmed-43938352015-04-13 Association between Sexual Function and Marital Relationship in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease Assari, Shervin Moghani Lankarani, Maryam Ahmadi, Khodabakhsh Kazemi Saleh, Davoud J Tehran Heart Cent Original Article BACKGROUND: Patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) may report difficulties with sexual function and marital relationship. However, there is a dearth of studies focusing on the association between these aspects in IHD patients. The present study sought to assess the association between sexual function and marital relationship among IHD patients and also test the effect modification of gender, education level, and marital distress on the above association. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 551 patients with IHD were enrolled and their sexual function and marital relationship quality were assessed with the Relation and Sexuality Scale (RSS) and Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS), respectively. Association between marital relationship quality and sexual function was assessed with respect to gender, education level, and marital distress. RESULTS: Most participants (72%) were men at a mean age of 57 ± 11 (range = 36–80) years. Total sexual function was significantly correlated with total marital quality (r = −0.28), marital consensus (r = −0.17), marital coherence (r = −0.19), marital affection expression (r = −0.22), and marital satisfaction (r = −0.25). Total marital quality also showed a significant association with sexual fear (r = −0.11). These associations were moderated by gender, education level, and marital distress level. CONCLUSION: Among the IHD patients, sexual function and marital relationship quality showed a mild to moderate association. Association between sexual function and marital relationship quality, however, may depend on gender, education level, and marital distress level. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014 2014-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4393835/ /pubmed/25870630 Text en Copyright© 2014 Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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Assari, Shervin
Moghani Lankarani, Maryam
Ahmadi, Khodabakhsh
Kazemi Saleh, Davoud
Association between Sexual Function and Marital Relationship in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease
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title_full Association between Sexual Function and Marital Relationship in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease
title_fullStr Association between Sexual Function and Marital Relationship in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease
title_full_unstemmed Association between Sexual Function and Marital Relationship in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease
title_short Association between Sexual Function and Marital Relationship in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease
title_sort association between sexual function and marital relationship in patients with ischemic heart disease
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4393835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25870630
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