 Patients’ Experiences of Sexual Activity Following Myocardial IschemiaIsabel M. López-Medina, Eugenia Gil-GarcÃa, Vicente Sánchez-Criado and Pedro L. Pancorbo-Hidalgo Clinical Nursing Research, 2016, vol. 25, issue 1, 45-66 Abstract: The purpose of this article is to describe patients’ experiences of sexual activity after suffering myocardial ischemia. We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with people who had suffered myocardial ischemia in the last 6 to 24 months before the interview. We used maximum variation sampling method. After reaching theoretical saturation, a 19-informants sample was formed. Data were analyzed using the Giorgi method. Four themes were identified: “sexual activity becomes different,†“determinants of the return to sexual activity,†“how sexual activity ought to be,†and “sexual information received.†Patients showed a decrease both in frequency and desire for sexual activity influenced by fear of sexual activity and health care professionals’ recommendations. These recommendations were about “avoiding sexuality at the beginning†and conducting “sexual activity without overdoing it.†Health care professionals should educate patients about the right time to resume sexual activity. Nurses can help patients to deal with fears related to sexual activity. Keywords: activities of daily living; myocardial ischemia; nursing care; qualitative research; sexual activity (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:clnure:v:25:y:2016:i:1:p:45-66 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Clinical Nursing Research |
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