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Sexual Activity in Heart Failure Patients: Information Needs and Association with Health-Related Quality of Life
(1) Background: the main objective of this study was to investigate information needs concerning sexual activity and experienced sexual problems in heart failure (HF) patients and, in addition, to examine the association between these sexual problems and health-related quality of life (HRQoL); (2) M...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6539722/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31060294 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16091570 |
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author | Baert, Anneleen Pardaens, Sofie De Smedt, Delphine Puddu, Paolo Emilio Ciancarelli, Maria Costanza Dawodu, Amos De Sutter, Johan De Bacquer, Dirk Clays, Els |
author_facet | Baert, Anneleen Pardaens, Sofie De Smedt, Delphine Puddu, Paolo Emilio Ciancarelli, Maria Costanza Dawodu, Amos De Sutter, Johan De Bacquer, Dirk Clays, Els |
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description | (1) Background: the main objective of this study was to investigate information needs concerning sexual activity and experienced sexual problems in heart failure (HF) patients and, in addition, to examine the association between these sexual problems and health-related quality of life (HRQoL); (2) Methods: in this cross-sectional study, three self-administered questionnaires were distributed to 77 stable ambulatory HF patients to acquire data on HRQoL, sexual problems, and need for counselling; (3) Results: More than half (56.7%) of HF patients experienced a marked decrease or total cessation of sexual activity due to their illness. Additionally, more than one-third perceived a marked decrease or total absence of sexual pleasure (42.5%), interest (32.9%), and constant problems or being unable to perform sexual activity (37.3%). Furthermore, 43.1% of patients experienced an important overall need for counselling concerning sexual activity, with information on relationships (69.2%), symptoms (58.5%), and relaxation (49.2%) being the most desired topics. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that sexual problems were independently associated with HRQoL, with more sexual problems (t = 3.19, p < 0.01) being related to poor HRQoL; (4) Conclusion: by investigating the experienced problems and counselling needs of HF patients, an alignment between current practice and HF patients’ expectations and needs might be obtained. |
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spelling | pubmed-65397222019-06-05 Sexual Activity in Heart Failure Patients: Information Needs and Association with Health-Related Quality of Life Baert, Anneleen Pardaens, Sofie De Smedt, Delphine Puddu, Paolo Emilio Ciancarelli, Maria Costanza Dawodu, Amos De Sutter, Johan De Bacquer, Dirk Clays, Els Int J Environ Res Public Health Article (1) Background: the main objective of this study was to investigate information needs concerning sexual activity and experienced sexual problems in heart failure (HF) patients and, in addition, to examine the association between these sexual problems and health-related quality of life (HRQoL); (2) Methods: in this cross-sectional study, three self-administered questionnaires were distributed to 77 stable ambulatory HF patients to acquire data on HRQoL, sexual problems, and need for counselling; (3) Results: More than half (56.7%) of HF patients experienced a marked decrease or total cessation of sexual activity due to their illness. Additionally, more than one-third perceived a marked decrease or total absence of sexual pleasure (42.5%), interest (32.9%), and constant problems or being unable to perform sexual activity (37.3%). Furthermore, 43.1% of patients experienced an important overall need for counselling concerning sexual activity, with information on relationships (69.2%), symptoms (58.5%), and relaxation (49.2%) being the most desired topics. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that sexual problems were independently associated with HRQoL, with more sexual problems (t = 3.19, p < 0.01) being related to poor HRQoL; (4) Conclusion: by investigating the experienced problems and counselling needs of HF patients, an alignment between current practice and HF patients’ expectations and needs might be obtained. MDPI 2019-05-05 2019-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6539722/ /pubmed/31060294 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16091570 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Baert, Anneleen Pardaens, Sofie De Smedt, Delphine Puddu, Paolo Emilio Ciancarelli, Maria Costanza Dawodu, Amos De Sutter, Johan De Bacquer, Dirk Clays, Els Sexual Activity in Heart Failure Patients: Information Needs and Association with Health-Related Quality of Life |
title | Sexual Activity in Heart Failure Patients: Information Needs and Association with Health-Related Quality of Life |
title_full | Sexual Activity in Heart Failure Patients: Information Needs and Association with Health-Related Quality of Life |
title_fullStr | Sexual Activity in Heart Failure Patients: Information Needs and Association with Health-Related Quality of Life |
title_full_unstemmed | Sexual Activity in Heart Failure Patients: Information Needs and Association with Health-Related Quality of Life |
title_short | Sexual Activity in Heart Failure Patients: Information Needs and Association with Health-Related Quality of Life |
title_sort | sexual activity in heart failure patients: information needs and association with health-related quality of life |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6539722/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31060294 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16091570 |
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