[en] Objectives: To explore the level of significance of sexuality after having suffered acquired brain injury, as well as the importance people with ABI and/or their partners place on it in their daily lives. It was likewise studied whether the possible intervention in this area at a chronic stage through Occupational Therapy is relevant for them. Methodology: This study presents a qualitative design with a phenomenological approach. Fourteen participants were interviewed: eight people with ABI and six partners who agreed to participate. The information has been collected through interviews, following an outline. Results: According to the interviews, the following categories have emerged: defining the taboo of sexuality; life changes; age and gender as conditioning factors; and who, how and when to intervene. Sexuality is a horizontal activity in the daily life of the couple, even though there is still a taboo about this aspect, which conditions its treatment. Besides, the ABI implies a biographical rupture in the lives of the patients and their partners, causing great changes in sexuality as well as in other dimensions. Nevertheless, the approach to sexuality and the response to the changes will be determined by the age and gender of the person. Conclusions: Sexuality remains neglected in the rehabilitation process of people with ABI, even though it is regarded as a key aspect of a couple's daily life. Thus, in accordance with the holistic conception of the discipline, the occupational therapist must reconsider his daily practice in order to include it since it is a core part of the human being.

[gl] Obxectivo: Explorar que importancia ten a sexualidade tras sufrir un dano cerebral adquirido e que peso lle dan as persoas con DCA e/ou as súas parellas no seu día a día. Tamén se investigou se para elas é relevante a intervención que, desde Terapia Ocupacional, se poida facer nesta área nunha etapa crónica. Metodoloxía: Estudo cun deseño cualitativo, a partir dun enfoque fenomenolóxico. Os participantes foron un total de catorce: oito persoas con dano cerebral adquirido e seis parellas que accederon a participar. A información foi recollida por medio de entrevistas, a partir dun guión. Resultados: As entrevistas realizadas permitiron a emerxencia de catro categorías: definindo o tabú da sexualidade; os cambios vitais; a idade e o xénero como condicionantes; e, quen, como e cando intervir. A sexualidade é unha actividade transversal no día a día da parella, a pesar de que continúa existindo un tabú que rodea este aspecto e que condiciona o tratamento do mesmo. Ademais, o DCA supón unha ruptura biográfica na vida da persoa e da súa parella, que vai provocar grandes cambios, tanto na sexualidade como noutras dimensións. No obstante, a abordaxe da mesma e o afrontamento dos cambios van estar condicionados pola idade e polo xénero da persoa. Conclusións: A sexualidade continúa sendo ignorada no proceso rehabilitador das persoas con DCA, a pesar de ser considerado un aspecto clave no día a día da parella. Por iso, o terapeuta ocupacional, seguindo a concepción holística da disciplina, debe reformular a súa práctica diaria co fin de incluíla xa que se trata dunha parte nuclear do ser humano