Publicación:

Caracterización de las personas con disfunción sexual post infarto agudo de miocardio (IAM)

Resumen

Introduction: Sexual dysfunction in infarcted patients is a problem that little has been studied and that has a great impact on the general population. This negatively affects their health-related quality of life, psychological well-being, marital quality and the risk of adverse cardiovascular events. Objective: To identify the characteristics of people with post-MIA sexual dysfunction. Methodology: A quantitative study with a narrative review design approach using databases from the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia and other open access databases. After executing the selection criteria 40 articles were used for the analysis of the information. Results: Most of the articles speak of the participants having an average age between 45 and 60 years. It was found that the majority of studies were conducted by men and to a lesser extent by women; between 50 and 75 percent of the people were married and the majority had a low level of schooling. With regard to sexual dysfunction by IAM it was found that, people present mental disorders such as anxiety, fear, partner concerns and depression when having sex. Conclusions: Alterations in psychological function are more prevalent since the initiation of sexual relations after the AMI involves emotional changes of the patient as well as of his partner.