Responsibilities of the Nurse in Post-Stroke Sexual Dysfunction

Year 2023, Volume: 6 Issue: 4, 740 - 744, 15.10.2023

Burcu Sütcü , Gülşah Çamcı , Hatice Karabuğa Yakar , Sıdıka Oğuz

https://doi.org/10.19127/bshealthscience.1340699

Abstract

Post-stroke sexual dysfunction occurs in more than half of stroke patients and has significant effects on the patient's life. It is a very common and under recognized complication. Post-stroke sexual dysfunction is thought to be due to multiple etiologies, including both organic and psychosocial causes. Therefore, sexual dysfunctions should be evaluated and managed with a multidisciplinary approach. Although sexuality is an essential part of quality of life in post-stroke patients, it is often neglected by healthcare professionals. In addition to pharmacological treatment, one of the most important but underestimated success factors of sexual dysfunction treatment is the right counseling that can be given by healthcare professionals to provide accurate information about post-stroke sexuality and to ensure that the patient and his partner are reconnected. The purpose of this review is to examine the effect of stroke on sexual function and the nurse's responsibilities in the light of the literature.

Keywords

Stroke, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Nursing

İnme Sonrası Cinsel İşlev Bozukluğunda Hemşirenin Sorumlulukları

Abstract

İnme sonrası cinsel işlev bozukluğu, inmeli hastaların yarısından fazlasında görülür ve hastanın yaşamı üzerinde önemli etkilere sahiptir. Oldukça yaygın olup yeterince tanınmayan bir komplikasyondur. İnme sonrası cinsel işlev bozukluklarının, hem organik hem de psikososyal nedenler dahil olmak üzere birçok etiyolojiye bağlı olduğu düşünülmektedir. Bu nedenle cinsel işlev bozuklukları multidisipliner bir yaklaşımla değerlendirilmeli ve yönetilmelidir. İnme sonrası hastalarda cinsellik yaşam kalitesinin temel bir parçası olmasına rağmen, sağlık çalışanları tarafından genellikle ihmal edilir. Farmakolojik tedavinin yanı sıra, cinsel işlev bozukluğu tedavisinin en önemli ama hafife alınan başarı faktörlerinden biri, inme sonrası cinsellik hakkında doğru bilgi vermek ve hasta ile partnerinin yeniden yakınlaşmasını sağlamak için sağlık çalışanları tarafından verilebilecek doğru bir danışmanlıktır. Bu derlemenin amacı ise inmenin cinsel işlev üzerindeki etkisini ve hemşirenin sorumluluklarını literatür doğrultusunda incelemektir.

Keywords

İnme, Cinsel işlev bozukluğu, Cinsellik, Hemşirelik

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