Sexual and Body Esteem in People with Spinal Cord Damage.
Autor: | New, Peter W. |
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SPINAL cord injuries
BODY image STATISTICAL correlation INFORMED consent (Medical law) HEALTH outcome assessment QUALITY of life REGRESSION analysis RESEARCH SELF-evaluation SELF-perception HUMAN sexuality SEX education SURVEYS T-test (Statistics) MATHEMATICAL variables SAMPLE size (Statistics) HUMAN research subjects DESCRIPTIVE statistics MANN Whitney U Test PSYCHOLOGY |
Zdroj: | Sexuality & Disability; Mar2019, Vol. 37 Issue 1, p3-14, 12p, 3 Charts |
Abstrakt: | Sexual esteem is the positive regard for and confidence in an individual's capacity to experience their sexuality in a satisfying and enjoyable way. Body esteem is the overall positive or negative evaluation of one's body. Physical disability can have an adverse impact on both of these constructs. This project aimed to study the sexual esteem and body esteem in people with spinal cord damage (SCD). A comprehensive survey (August 2013-June 2014) was conducted of people with SCD (n = 154) living in the community, Australia. The survey included the Physical Disability Sexual and Body Esteem (PDSBE) scale. There were 146 participants who completed the PDSBE scale. Most were male (n = 100, 68.5%), average age of 47.9 years (SD = 13.5) and a median of 11 years (IQR 4-20) post SCD. The mean PDSBE score was 22.2 (SD = 7.9). There was a moderate correlation (r = 0.35) between the total PDSBE score and quality of life as a whole (P = .001) and a weak correlation (r = 0.22) with function (P = 0.01). There was no significant influence of gender or sexual orientation on PDSBE scores. However, people with non-traumatic SCD and paraplegia tended to have higher scores (non-traumatic SCD mean 25.8 [SD = 6.7] vs traumatic SCD mean 21.0 [SD = 8.0], P = .002; paraplegia mean 23.4 [8.1] vs tetraplegia mean 20.6 [7.5], P = 0.04). The mean PDSBE scores for the people with SCD in this study were lower than that reported for non-SCD disabled (mean 25.9, SD = 9.2). Sexual and body esteem are psychological-sexual constructs that complement existing outcomes used when evaluating the impact of SCD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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