SEXUAL ORIENTATION FOR PERSON WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY

Abstract

It is well known that spinal cord injury can lead to sexual dysfunction in most cases and that the lack of knowledge of the person carrying spinal cord injury, even when hospitalized in anxiety rehabilitation centers and decreases self-esteem. This article aims to know the perception of patients with spinal cord injury hospitalized in a rehabilitation center regarding sexuality, to identify the socio demographic characteristics of the person with spinal cord injury with sexual dysfunction, Identify a patients with reflex erection and psychogenic erection, identify if there was sexual activity after the spinal cord injury, investigate if there were situations or complications that interfered in sexuality after the spinal cord injury and which were. This is a descriptive, exploratory study with a qualitative and quantitative approach. The participants were identified with the numbering LM-1 to LM-31 in an impersonal way and, from the speech of each one, four subheadings were assembled to present the results found. LM brings with it several sudden and unknown changes by the majority. In this study, as well as in many others consulted, it is evident that these patients need instruction regarding changes in post-injury sexuality and that lack of knowledge generates anxiety, fear and frustration, giving the patient a bringing the patient a vision of being asexual and limited.