ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2013
"I'm not just a heart, I'm a whole person here": a qualitative study to improve sexual outcomes in women with myocardial infarction.
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- Sex, Rhythm & Death: The effect of sexual activity on cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Review
- Unraveling the Complexity of Cardiac Distress: A Study of Prevalence and Severity.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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- Perceptions of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention on pre-operative education in China: A qualitative study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2021Article
- Factors associated with anxiety and depression in hospitalized patients with first episode of acute myocardial infarction.Archives of medical sciences. Atherosclerotic diseases · 2017Article
- Sexual Activity and Function in the Year After an Acute Myocardial Infarction Among Younger Women and Men in the United States and Spain.JAMA cardiology · 2016Article
- Sexual activity and concerns in people with coronary heart disease from a population-based study.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 2016Article
- Development and Validation of a Single-Item Screener for Self-Reporting Sexual Problems in U.S. Adults.Journal of general internal medicine · 2015Article
- Relationship Between Ischemic Heart Disease and Sexual Satisfaction.Global journal of health science · 2015Article
- An exploratory mixed methods analysis of adherence predictors following acute coronary syndrome.Psychology, health & medicine · 2015Article
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- Let's talk about sex : (title of a song from 1991 by 'Salt 'n Pepa').Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation · 2013Article
- Sexual Activity After Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Qualitative Approach to Patient and Partner Experiences.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundLittle is known about recovery of female sexual function following an acute myocardial infarction (MI). Interventions to improve sexual outcomes in women are limited. METHODS AND
resultsSemistructured, qualitative telephone interviews were conducted with 17 partnered women (aged 43 to 75 years) purposively selected from the Translational Research Investigating Underlying Disparities in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients' Health Status Registry to deepen knowledge of recovery of female sexual function following an acute myocardial infarction (MI) and to improve sexual outcomes in women. Sixteen women had a monogamous relationship with a male spouse; 1 had a long-term female partner. Most women resumed sexual activity within 4 weeks of their MI. Sexual problems and concerns were prevalent, including patient and/or partner fear of "causing another heart attack." Few women received counseling about sexual concerns or the safety of returning to sex. Most women who discussed sex with a physician initiated the discussion themselves. Inquiry about strategies to improve sexual outcomes elicited key themes: need for privacy, patient-centeredness, and information about the timing and safe resumption of sexual activity. In addition, respondents felt that counseling should be initiated by the treating cardiologist, who "knows whether your heart is safe," and then reinforced by the care team throughout the rehabilitation period.
conclusionsPartnered women commonly resume sexual activity soon after an MI with fear but without directed counseling from their physicians. Proactive attention to women's concerns related to sexual function and the safety of sexual activity following an MI could improve post-MI outcomes for women and their partners.
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