Sexuality after burn in Brazil: survey of burn health-care workers
| dc.contributor.author | Piccolo, Monica Sarto [UNIFESP] | |
| dc.contributor.author | Daher, Ricardo Piccolo [UNIFESP] | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gragnani, Alfredo [UNIFESP] | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ferreira, Lydia Masako [UNIFESP] | |
| dc.contributor.institution | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-24T14:17:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-01-24T14:17:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-12-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Patients who survive a major burn must live with emotional and physical sequela. in a literature review, we found that sexuality concerns of burn victims are rarely a focus of therapy. After suggestions from Rimmer et al. [12], using their questionnaire translated into Portuguese, we held a survey of burn-care professionals at the VII Brazilian Burn Congress.More than 120 practitioners from 41 centres, aged in average 41.2 years (1 standard deviation 10.96), completed the survey. A proportion of 63.7% were female, and 58.1% were Caucasians; 37.1% were physicians, 20.9% nurse practitioners and 16.9 were occupational therapists/physical therapists (OTs/PT)s. Psychologists made up 3.2%. Only 28% of the respondents felt comfortable in initiating a conversation about sexual intimacy with their patients. the vast majority believed it should be done by the psychologist. Only 38% felt their burn centre did an adequate job in that area. When compared with a study of our country's general population, we find similar results indicating that intimacy, sexuality and sexual intercourse are considered most important in a relationship.There is a significant lack of literature in sexuality after burn; most likely meaning it is ignored by most centres. There is a need for other similar surveys to be performed, as well as a collective consciousness of the need for discussions about sexuality with patients and their partners, providing counselling and treatment, when need. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved. | en |
| dc.description.affiliation | Universidade Federal de São Paulo, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil | |
| dc.description.affiliationUnifesp | Universidade Federal de São Paulo, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil | |
| dc.description.source | Web of Science | |
| dc.format.extent | 1411-1418 | |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2011.04.003 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Burns. Oxford: Elsevier B.V., v. 37, n. 8, p. 1411-1418, 2011. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.burns.2011.04.003 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0305-4179 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/34287 | |
| dc.identifier.wos | WOS:000297895300017 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier B.V. | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Burns | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | |
| dc.rights.license | http://www.elsevier.com/about/open-access/open-access-policies/article-posting-policy | |
| dc.subject | Burns | en |
| dc.subject | Patients | en |
| dc.subject | Sexuality | en |
| dc.subject | Health personnel | en |
| dc.subject | Health-care surveys | en |
| dc.subject | Quality of health care | en |
| dc.title | Sexuality after burn in Brazil: survey of burn health-care workers | en |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |