Sexual Role Functioning, Sexual Satisfaction, and Intimacy After Surviving Burn Injuries: A Scoping Review of Associated Factors, Screening Tools, and Burn Care Staff Preparedness.

Autor:	Bayuo J; School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, Hung Hom-Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China., Wong AKC; School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, Hung Hom-Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China., Wong FKY; School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, Hung Hom-Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China., Baffour PK; Department of Nursing, School of Health, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds LS1 3HE, United Kingdom., Kuug AK; Department of Nursing, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Sokode-Lokoe, Ho WZ9999, Ghana.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association [J Burn Care Res] 2024 Aug 06; Vol. 45 (4), pp. 990-1000.
DOI:	10.1093/jbcr/irae004
Abstrakt:	Although concerns regarding intimacy abound among burn survivors, these are often not captured during rehabilitation. Considering that sexuality remains a part of humans suggests a critical need to pay attention to this aspect. To guide further work, this review sought to examine existing studies to ascertain what is known about factors associated with sexual role functioning, sexual satisfaction, and intimacy, the scree ning tools employed, and the preparedness of burn care staff in initiating discussions about these. We employed a scoping review approach with extensive searches in 4 peer-reviewed databases for studies reporting on the phenomenon, published in English from 2010 to date. A total of 17 studies comprising of 13 studies reporting on the burn survivors and 4 reporting on burn care staff were retained. Though we identified both sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with postburn sexual role functioning, sexual satisfaction, and intimacy, the existing evidence appear limited which made it rather difficult to draw definitive conclusions. The sexuality subscale of the Burn-Specific Health Scale-Brief emerged as the commonly used screening/assessment tool. The evidence suggest that burn care staff are generally unprepared to initiate discussions regarding sexual role functioning, sexual satisfaction, and intimacy and often, there is no personnel assigned to this task. There is a great need for studies to strengthen the evidence base regarding the factors associated with postburn sexual role functioning, sexual satisfaction, and intimacy. In addition, it is imperative to build capacity of burn care practitioners with the requisite know-how needed to navigate through sexual issues. (© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Burn Association. All rights reserved. For commercial re-use, please contact reprints@oup.com for reprints and translation rights for reprints. All other permissions can be obtained through our RightsLink service via the Permissions link on the article page on our site—for further information please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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