BACKGROUND: @entity458 may arise after @entity64 . This study was aimed at evaluating and quantifying sexual changes 1 year after @entity64 . METHOD: Sixty-eight @entity64 @entity1 , consecutively admitted to our rehabilitation unit, were enrolled in the study. Sixty-two @entity1 were available for response after 1 year--46 @entity1 and 16 @entity1 with a mean age of 64 years (SD = 9.2). Time interval between @entity64 event and admission to rehabilitation unit was 15 days. None of the @entity1 presented with lack of comprehension. Methods of data collection at admission were clinical examination, computed tomographic scan or magnetic resonance imaging, the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale, laboratory data, and data collection on sexual life from @entity1 and, separately, from their partners. After 1 year, they were interviewed again to assess sexual performance; the Center for Epidemiologic Studies- @entity308 scale, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, and Functional Independence Measure were also performed. A questionnaire designed for this study was also administered for collecting data on @entity1 ' private lives. RESULTS: Sexual decline was common in the post- @entity64 period. Age (p =.009) and disability (p =.0059) were significant variables. There was no correlation between @entity18268 , nor injured hemisphere. There was also no correlation to marriage duration, education duration, or @entity308 . Evaluation and analysis of the questionnaires revealed, however, that @entity1 ' partners played a substantial role in the decline of sexual activity. Many partners experienced fear of relapse, anguish, lack of excitation, or even horror, which withheld them from encouraging sexual activities. CONCLUSION: Data from this study demonstrated that sexual decline in the aftermath of @entity64 is pronounced. @entity1 suffer from their sexual impairment, but do not conceal that problem. Psychological, rather than medical, aspects account for discontinuity of sexual activity in @entity64 survivors, and proper counseling is clearly warranted.

Evaluation of sexual changes after XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'Patients', 'patients', 'men'] @entity18268 :: ('MESH:D019968', 'Disease') :: ['sexual decline and gender'] @entity64 :: ('MESH:D020521', 'Disease') :: ['stroke'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['Depression', 'depression'] @entity458 :: ('MESH:D020018', 'Disease') :: ['Sexual difficulties']
@entity64 :: (MESH:D020521,Disease) :: ['stroke']
