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Sexual concerns among kidney transplant recipients
Rebecca J Muehrer1, Dorothy M Lanuza, Roger L Brown
1School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Clinical Transplantation
|August 22, 2014
Summary
Kidney transplant recipients find sexuality important, but have concerns about communication and pleasure. These sexual concerns negatively impact their quality of life.
Area of Science:
- Urology
- Nephrology
- Sexual Medicine
Background:
- Limited understanding of sexual concerns in kidney transplant (KTx) recipients.
- Sexuality is rated as important by a majority of KTx recipients.
- Need to explore the relationship between sexual concerns and quality of life (QOL) in this population.
Purpose of the Study:
- Describe the importance of sexuality to KTx recipients.
- Investigate specific sexual concerns among KTx recipients.
- Examine the association between sexual concerns and QOL.
- Analyze differences in sexual concerns based on gender, dialysis history, and donor type.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational study design.
- Utilized the Sexual Concerns Questionnaire to assess sexual concerns.
- Measured QOL using the SF-8 and QOL Uniscale instruments.
Main Results:
- Approximately 73% of KTx recipients consider sexuality important.
- Highest concern areas include communication with healthcare providers and sexual pleasure.
- Concerns about health consequences, relationship quality, sexual functioning, and treatment beliefs inversely correlate with QOL.
- Women reported higher concerns in sexual pleasure and provider communication compared to men.
Conclusions:
- This study highlights significant sexual concerns among kidney transplant recipients.
- These concerns are linked to a reduced quality of life.
- Findings underscore the need for addressing sexual health in KTx patient care.
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