Sexual health and quality of life among male veterans with intestinal ostomies

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-40

  Symms, Michelle R ^a,b   Rawl, Susan M ^b   Grant, Marcia ^c   Wendel, Christopher S ^d   Coons, Stephen Joel ^e   Hickey, Sara ^f   Baldwin, Carol M ^g   Krouse, Robert S ^h  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intimacy; Ostomy; Sexual health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENTEROSTOMY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NURSE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGED; ARIZONA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENTEROSTOMY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIANA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEN; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VETERANS;

EID: 37349084527     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NUR.0000304181.36568.a7     Document Type: Article

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