Related Experiment Video
Updated: Dec 2, 2025

Lumped-Parameter and Finite Element Modeling of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Published on: February 13, 2021
Acceptance of the disease and sexual functions of patients with heart failure
Alicja Wiśnicka1, Izabella Uchmanowicz1, Dorota Dyjakon2
1Department of Clinical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wrocław Medical University, Poland.
Background:
Sexual activity is an important element of quality of life for many individuals suffering from heart failure.
Aims:
The study investigated the influence of disease acceptance on sexual function in a population of male patients with chronic heart failure.
Methods:
The study included 80 patients with chronic heart failure (mean age 63.3±9.2 years) who filled in the Mell-Krat Scale questionnaire to evaluate sexual needs and reactions. We also used the International Index of Erection Function (IIEF-5) inventory and the Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS).
Results:
The study showed that the acceptance of the illness was positively associated with all of the Mell-Krat components such as sexual need, F = (3.27), frequency of intercourse, F = (2.46), position and technique, F = (1.88). Also, according to the IIEF-5 questionnaire, 84.42% of respondents had erectile dysfunction. Taken together these indicated that psychological adjustments such as acceptance of disease increase quality of all aspects of sexual functions in heart failure patients, including their erectile functions.
Conclusions:
Our findings suggest that psychological adjustments to feelings of loss associated with the onset of heart failure disease is the important determinant of quality of sexual life among male adults. Our research implicates that effects of AIS on sexual functioning give reasonable information to tailor sexual counselling for males suffering from heart failure.
More Related Videos
04:22Treatment Model for Young Patients with Psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction and Resultant Infertility
Published on: May 30, 2025
14:35Post-Myocardial Infarction Heart Failure in Closed-chest Coronary Occlusion/Reperfusion Model in Göttingen Minipigs and Landrace Pigs
Published on: April 17, 2021
Related Concept Videos
Heart Failure VI: Adjunct Therapies
Heart Failure VII: Nursing Interventions
Heart Failure V: Medical Management
Heart Failure Drugs: Inhibitors of Renin-Angiotensin System
Heart Failure IV: Classification and Diagnostic Evaluation
Pathophysiology of Heart Failure