The role of nurses in the sexual counselling of patients after myocardial infarction

dc.contributor.author	Βασιλειάδου, Ασπασία	el
dc.contributor.author	Σταματοπούλου, Ευαγγελία	el
dc.contributor.author	Τριανταφύλλου, Γιώργος Σ.	el
dc.contributor.author	Γεροδήμου, Ε.	el
dc.contributor.author	Τούλια - Τσάβαλου, Γεωργία	el
dc.contributor.author	Πιστόλας, Δημήτριος	el
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-13T15:06:39Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-13T15:06:39Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-13
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1196
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	Έμφραγμα του μυοκαρδίου
dc.subject	Νοσηλευτική
dc.subject	Myocardial infarction
dc.subject	Sexual counseling
dc.subject	Nursing
dc.title	The role of nurses in the sexual counselling of patients after myocardial infarction	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.classification	Medicine--Nursing
heal.classification	Νοσηλευτική
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Medicine--Nursing
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Νοσηλευτική
heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2008-06
heal.bibliographicCitation	Vassiliadou, A., Stamatopoulou, E., Triantafyllou, G., Gerodimou, E., Toulia, G., Pistolas, D.. (2008). The role of nurses in the sexual counselling of patients after myocardial infarction. "Health Science Journal". 2 (2), 111-18.	en
heal.abstract	Background Recovery from an MI includes adapting to physical changes and invokes psychosocial responses such as anxiety and depression. Patients are anxious to resume their usual activities after an MI, including sexual activity. However, they may be afraid that engaging in sexual activity could lead to further myocardial damage or even death. Although patients tend to show anxiety about resuming sexual activity after myocardial infarction, relevant counseling is often lacking. Aim of the present study was to investigate practices and Greek nurses’ knowledge, comfort, ease, responsibility and practical application of sexual counseling among post-infarction patients. Methods Data were collected by interviews conducted over three days at the 2006 cardiological conference of the Greek nursing association. Five trained researchers carried out the interviews using a 35-item questionnaire Data analysis was performed by using t-test, ANOVA and SPSS statistical package. Results From the sample was 86% female of mean age 37 years old. Although the large majority (84.8%) agreed with the general principle that sexual counseling forms part of nursing care, the practice appeared to be quite different. Only 20.7% said that nurses do in fact undertake sexual counseling and although 39.1% said that they carry it out themselves, most only did so “sometimes”. Less than half of the respondents (42.0%) felt comfortable in discussing the sexual concerns of post-MI patients and only 46.2% felt qualified to handle such a discussion - although rather more (71.5%) claimed that they possessed the technical knowledge about sexuality after MI. Conclusion Sexual counseling is essential to meet the sexual integrity and quality of life needs of the patient and partner after myocardial infarction. Nurses must be trained in the necessary knowledge and skills.	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	true
heal.dateCreated	2008-04