Association between Quality of Life and Sexual Adjustment for Spinal Cord Injury Couples.
- Author:
Young Ju SHIN
1
;
Sang Wook YI
;
Hee Choul OHRR
;
Tae Yong SOHN
;
Bum Suk LEE
;
Hyo Sun JUNG
;
An Na HUH
Author Information
1. Graduate School of Health Science and Management Yonsei University, Korea. ohrr@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Sexual adjustment;
Quality of life;
Sexual rehabilitation;
Spinal cord injury
- MeSH:
Anxiety;
Depression;
Education;
Family Characteristics;
Quality of Life*;
Rehabilitation;
Spinal Cord Injuries*;
Spinal Cord*
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
2003;27(6):886-893
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between sexual adjustment and quality of life and to evaluate the difference of sexual adjustment between small group counselling program and simple sexual rehabilitation program for spinal cord injury couples. METHOD: Fifteen subjects who had participated in 4 weeks small group counselling and twenty subjects, who had participated in simple sexual rehabilitation education were enrolled among among spinal cord injury couples. Direct interview was conducted. Visual analogue scale, Time trade off, Hospital anxiety and depression, and Beck depression inventory were used as quality of life indexes. Sexual Interest, Activity and Satisfaction was used as a sexualadjustment measure. RESULTS: The sexual adjustment index was very significantly positively correlated with all 4 indexes of the quality of life. The couples of the small group counselling had significantly higher sexual adjustment index than the simple education group. Satisfaction for small group counselling was also higher. CONCLUSION: To improve the quality of life for spianl cord injury couples, sexual adjustment level must be improved. Systematic sexual rehabilitation program such as small group counselling may be better solution than simple sexual rehabilitation education program.
