Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing
Review

Sexual Activity of Women Following Myocardial Infarction

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Uzm. Hemşire Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Araştırma ve Uygulama Hastanesi, Aritmi Servisi

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Doç. Dr. İstanbul Üniversitesi Florence Nightingale Hemşirelik Fakültesi

Florence Nightingale J Nurs 2014; 22: 114-119
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Studies to evaluate the sexual life of women after myocardial infarction is limited. Studies, triggering risk of myocardial infarction by sexual activity is low (<%1). It is found that 50-80% of women avoided sex by reasons such as being the fear of re-infarction, angina, fear of angina, depression after myocardial infarction. Sex education given by health professionals after myocardial infarction has been identifi ed not enough. As a result; sexual life of women following myocardial infarction should be given to investigate more comprehensive, grant of the required sex education must be provided for women.

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