Sexual experiences of Chinese patients living with an ostomy(13) 2017 China |
Impacts on the quality of sexual life with the appearance of sexual dysfunction, changes in impulse, sex arousal, orgasm, and sexual satisfaction |
Sexuality of patients with bowel elimination ostomy(14) 2017 Brazil |
Sexual inactivity in some cases and among the sexually active, reduced sexual desire, perceived lack of interest of the partner, changes in the frequency of sexual encounters |
A descriptive, cross-sectional study to assess the quality of life and sexuality in Turkish patients with a colostomy(9) 2017 Turkey |
Alteration of daily life and sexual activity routines; problems with erection, decreased libido and sexual satisfaction |
Demands of care of stomatosized oncological patients assisted in primary health care(15) 2017 Brazil |
Social isolation and changes in lifestyle (the formation of gas and the odor from the pouch promote barriers to frequent specific social environments), changes in the way of dressing in order to hide the pouch, concern about self-image in front of the partner (a), decreased self-esteem and apprehension about the possibility of eliminating odor and feces during sex |
Oncology ostomized patients' perception regarding sexual relationship as an important dimension in quality of life(16) 2017 Brazil |
Changes in body image, in sexual function, marital adjustment and behavioral changes related to sexuality; problems with social relationships (feeling of exclusion and dependence) |
Experiences and coping with the altered body image in digestive stoma patients(17) 2016 Brazil |
Fear of the new reality and the exercise of self-care related to the stoma; the emergence of emotional decline due to the need to handle the ostomy |
The impact of an ostomy on the sexual lives of persons with stomas: a phenomenological study(18) 2016 Peru |
Discomfort during sexual intercourse, feeling of inability to engage in sexual intercourse, limitations in positions performed during sex, changes in body image and psychological problems such as anxiety and psychological distress |
Sexuality of people with intestinal ostomy(19) 2015 Brazil |
Altered body image, increased when facing self-image in front of the mirror, ostomy rejection, social isolation, fear of having sex, conflicting feelings, and concern |
Gastrointestinal ostomies and sexual outcomes: a comparison of colorectal cancer patients by ostomy status(20) 2014 United States |
Sexual dysfunction and psychological distress associated with changes in body image |
Living with digestive stomas: strategies to cope with the new bodily reality(21) 2014 Brazil |
Shame and discomfort due to gas, fear of lack of control over the body |
Clinical profile and post-operative lifestyle changes in cancer and non-cancer patients with ostomy(22) 2012 Iran |
Changes in diet, which affect weight loss, emotional changes (depression) and job change |
A cross-sectional survey of quality of life in colostomates: a report from(23) 2012 Iran |
Impairments in sexual function and sexual pleasure |
Health-related quality of life among long-term Rectal Cancer survivors with an ostomy: manifestations by sex(24) 2009 United States |
Prevalence in the development of erectile dysfunction and decreased return to sexual activity after ostomy surgery |
The meanings of being a man with intestinal stoma due to colorectal cancer: an anthropological approach to masculinities(25) 2009 Brazil |
Body changes, apprehension about sexual activity (feeling of being less of a man, problems with desire and penile erection), inability to return to work (feeling of failure, disappointment, and marginalization for not being able to support the family) |
The sexuality meanings for people with permanent bowel stoma(26) 2009 Brazil |
Coping with the refusal of family support, disengagement in social and work activities, denial of sexuality and refusal of sexual contact initiated by the other |
Sexual health and quality of life among male veterans with intestinal ostomies(27) 2008 United States |
Erectile dysfunction and reduced frequency of sex |
Boundary breaches: the body, sex and sexuality after stoma surgery(2) 2008 Australia |
Difficulty in dealing with altered appearance (bodily crisis), psychological distress (shame, loneliness, conflict, hatred, fear, sadness and depression), abstaining from intimate relationships, limits on positions held during sex and feeling less attractive to the partner |
Experiences of Swedish men and women 6 to 12 weeks after ostomy surgery(28) 2002 Sweden |
Alienation of the body (decreased confidence, emotional shock, frightening experience when seeing the stoma for the first time, disgust), fear of hurting the stoma and feeling pain during sex, uncertainty about life with the stoma, difficulty in telling about the new reality to others, embarrassment due to loss of control over bowel movement, pain and skin rash around the stoma |
Predischarge and postdischarge of persons with an ostomy(29) 1996 United States |
Concern about the ability to have sex, to participate in love games during sexual intercourse, to achieve pleasure during sex, and to be able to maintain the sexual interest of themselves and their partner. |
Sexual functioning after ostomy surgery(30) 1991 Netherlands |
Reduced sexual arousal capacity (desire, erection, and lubrication) and orgasmic capacity |
Sexual adjustment in ileostomy patients before and after conversion to continent ileostomy(31) 1981 Sweden |
Reduced or absent sexual activity (the collection pouch emerged as a mechanical obstacle that interfered with sex) |