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Effectiveness of a sex education and counseling program for spinal cord injured patients

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While there has been an increase in research and clinical interest in the sexual functioning of spinal cord injured persons and their partners, little has been reported of the effectiveness of sexual education and counseling procedures with this group of patients. The present study reported on a sex education and counseling program for spinal cord patients, an instrument used to assess the program's effectiveness and the impact of the program on the specific sexual information and concerns of a group of spinal cord injured patients.

After a completion of the sex education and counseling program, patients were more accepting of a variety of sexual behaviors and less concerned about sexual function. Patients did not show a significant increase in sexual knowledge, nor any significant change in concern about non-sexual function following the program.

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  1. the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine RJ-30, University of Washington Medical School, 98195, Seattle, Washington

    Jo Ann Brockway Ph.D.,  Jeffrey C. Steger Ph.D.,  Rosemarian Berni M.N.,  Vione V. Ost R.N. &  Thomas E. Williamson-Kirkland M.D.

  2. the Department of Psychology, La Trobe University, 3083, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

    Connie L. Peck Ph.D.

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This program was supported in part by RSA Grant #16P-56818 to the PM&R Department, University of Washington School of Medicine.

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Brockway, J.A., Steger, J.C., Berni, R. et al. Effectiveness of a sex education and counseling program for spinal cord injured patients. Sex Disabil 1, 127–136 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01101773

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