Female gender and surgery impair relationships, body image, and sexuality in inflammatory bowel disease: Patient perceptions

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 657-663

  Muller, Kate R ^a   Prosser, Ruth ^a   Bampton, Peter ^a,b   Mountifield, Reme ^a,b   Andrews, Jane M ^b,c,d  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body image; Inflammatory bowel disease; Quality of life; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIBIDO; LIBIDO DISORDER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENTS; PERCEPTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949528095     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.21090     Document Type: Article

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