Sexual health care for women with dyspareunia
Female dyspareunia is a serious impairment with a prevalence of up to 39.5%, imposing a significant burden on women’s health, relationship, and quality of life. Because the causes of female dyspareunia are associated with multiple biological, medical, psychological, sociocultural, and interpersonal...
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| author | Su-Ching Sung Cherng-Jye Jeng Yen-Chin Lin |
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| description | Female dyspareunia is a serious impairment with a prevalence of up to 39.5%, imposing a significant burden on women’s health, relationship, and quality of life. Because the causes of female dyspareunia are associated with multiple biological, medical, psychological, sociocultural, and interpersonal dimensions, all members of the health team should help fill this gap in the total care of the patient. The nurse is an ideal member of the health team to counsel patients in the sensitive and highly charged area of human sexuality. The purpose of this article was to explore the essential components of female dyspareunia from nursing care perspective to help women suffering from dyspareunia. The article provides a set of tools, including description and clinical presentation, obtaining a history and clinical data for the evaluation of dyspareunia, and a counseling tool of the Permission, Limited Information, Specific Suggestions, and Intensive Therapy model; suggestions are also provided for health care professionals during the treatment process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ea67a60ef02c425ab439163fb13181762022-12-21T20:11:07ZengElsevierTaiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology1028-45592011-09-0150326827410.1016/j.tjog.2011.07.002Sexual health care for women with dyspareuniaSu-Ching Sung0Cherng-Jye Jeng1Yen-Chin Lin2Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan, TaiwanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, BenQ Medical Center, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, ChinaGraduate School of Human Sexuality, Shu-Te University, Kaohsiung, TaiwanFemale dyspareunia is a serious impairment with a prevalence of up to 39.5%, imposing a significant burden on women’s health, relationship, and quality of life. Because the causes of female dyspareunia are associated with multiple biological, medical, psychological, sociocultural, and interpersonal dimensions, all members of the health team should help fill this gap in the total care of the patient. The nurse is an ideal member of the health team to counsel patients in the sensitive and highly charged area of human sexuality. The purpose of this article was to explore the essential components of female dyspareunia from nursing care perspective to help women suffering from dyspareunia. The article provides a set of tools, including description and clinical presentation, obtaining a history and clinical data for the evaluation of dyspareunia, and a counseling tool of the Permission, Limited Information, Specific Suggestions, and Intensive Therapy model; suggestions are also provided for health care professionals during the treatment process.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1028455911001239Female dyspareuniaNursing carePLISSITSexual health care |
| spellingShingle | Su-Ching Sung Cherng-Jye Jeng Yen-Chin Lin Sexual health care for women with dyspareunia Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology Female dyspareunia Nursing care PLISSIT Sexual health care |
| title | Sexual health care for women with dyspareunia |
| title_full | Sexual health care for women with dyspareunia |
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| title_short | Sexual health care for women with dyspareunia |
| title_sort | sexual health care for women with dyspareunia |
| topic | Female dyspareunia Nursing care PLISSIT Sexual health care |
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