Sexuality of people with intestinal ostomy

Objective: to describe the experience of sexuality and other everyday life aspects for people with intestinal ostomy. Methods: qualitative, descriptive study with ten participants of the Specialized Reference Unit who gave interviews with inductive content analysis. Results: the established themes w...

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Main Authors: Danyelle Braga Rodrigues Cardoso, Camilo Eduardo Almeida, Mary Elizabeth Santana, Dione Seabra de Carvalho, Helena Megumi Sonobe, Namie Okino Sawada
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2015-08-01
Series:Rev Rene
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/2732
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author Danyelle Braga Rodrigues Cardoso
Camilo Eduardo Almeida
Mary Elizabeth Santana
Dione Seabra de Carvalho
Helena Megumi Sonobe
Namie Okino Sawada
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Camilo Eduardo Almeida
Mary Elizabeth Santana
Dione Seabra de Carvalho
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description Objective: to describe the experience of sexuality and other everyday life aspects for people with intestinal ostomy. Methods: qualitative, descriptive study with ten participants of the Specialized Reference Unit who gave interviews with inductive content analysis. Results: the established themes were Physical, emotional and socio-cultural changes, Changes in the exercise of sexuality of people with intestinal ostomy and Importance of the interdisciplinary support of the new sexuality. These changes are linked to body image, the self-esteem and interpersonal relationships with the partner, family and friends, going beyond the visible with the emergence of fear, rejection, difficulty with new relationships, body shame, embarrassment by the collector equipment, fear of the sexual act causes damage to the stoma and difficult to talk about the condition. Conclusion: the ostomy condition requires adaptation process, requiring trained interdisciplinary team in physiological and psychosocial problems resulting from surgical and therapeutic adjuvant treatment, which hinder the sexuality of these individuals.
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spelling doaj-art-cf9f99c4f7444a44b3c8666ccecc09a72025-08-20T12:57:12ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832015-08-01164Sexuality of people with intestinal ostomyDanyelle Braga Rodrigues CardosoCamilo Eduardo AlmeidaMary Elizabeth SantanaDione Seabra de CarvalhoHelena Megumi SonobeNamie Okino SawadaObjective: to describe the experience of sexuality and other everyday life aspects for people with intestinal ostomy. Methods: qualitative, descriptive study with ten participants of the Specialized Reference Unit who gave interviews with inductive content analysis. Results: the established themes were Physical, emotional and socio-cultural changes, Changes in the exercise of sexuality of people with intestinal ostomy and Importance of the interdisciplinary support of the new sexuality. These changes are linked to body image, the self-esteem and interpersonal relationships with the partner, family and friends, going beyond the visible with the emergence of fear, rejection, difficulty with new relationships, body shame, embarrassment by the collector equipment, fear of the sexual act causes damage to the stoma and difficult to talk about the condition. Conclusion: the ostomy condition requires adaptation process, requiring trained interdisciplinary team in physiological and psychosocial problems resulting from surgical and therapeutic adjuvant treatment, which hinder the sexuality of these individuals.https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/2732NursingSexualityColostomyIleostomy.
spellingShingle Danyelle Braga Rodrigues Cardoso
Camilo Eduardo Almeida
Mary Elizabeth Santana
Dione Seabra de Carvalho
Helena Megumi Sonobe
Namie Okino Sawada
Sexuality of people with intestinal ostomy
Rev Rene
Nursing
Sexuality
Colostomy
Ileostomy.
title Sexuality of people with intestinal ostomy
title_full Sexuality of people with intestinal ostomy
title_fullStr Sexuality of people with intestinal ostomy
title_full_unstemmed Sexuality of people with intestinal ostomy
title_short Sexuality of people with intestinal ostomy
title_sort sexuality of people with intestinal ostomy
topic Nursing
Sexuality
Colostomy
Ileostomy.
url https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/2732
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