The impact of stroke on female sexuality

作者：Lever Sandra^*; Pryor Julie

来源：Disability and Rehabilitation, 2017, 39(20): 2011-2020.

DOI：10.1080/09638288.2016.1213897

• Sexual dysfunction
• female sexuality
• stroke
• self-concept
• biographical adjustment
• Australia

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of stroke on female sexuality from the perspective of women who have had a stroke.
Method: A descriptive qualitative study. Nine female stroke survivors living in metropolitan and surrounding districts of Sydney, Australia took part in semi-structured conversational interviews. The mean length of time from stroke onset to interview was around 6 years and 2 months (range 1 year, 2 months to 15 years, 9 months). The interviews were digitally recorded and transcribed. The transcripts were systematically analysed using inductive thematic analysis.
Results: The women experienced many and varied bodily alterations as a consequence of stroke which impacted negatively on their sexuality. These bodily alterations impacted on female sexuality in two ways: one was as an assault on the female sense of self and the other was by limiting possibilities for enacting female sexuality.
Conclusion: Stroke impacts on female sexuality through bodily alterations and their consequences and because sexuality is important to female stroke survivors, it should be addressed as part of person-centred rehabilitation.

• 出版日期2017