The sexuality of people with pulmonary tuberculosis cared at health basic units at Ribeirão Preto-SP

Authors

  • Érika do Carmo Bertazone Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto; Departamento de Enfermagem Geral e Especializada
  • Elucir Gir Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto; Departamento de Enfermagem Geral e Especializada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692000000100016

Keywords:

pulmonary tuberculosis, emotion, nursing

Abstract

This descriptive study was carried out in order to identify and analysing the knowledge that the patients with pulmonary tuberculosis have about the disease and the experiences which they have passed through; to identify some aspects related to their sexuality's changing after acquiring the pulmonary tuberculosis and characterizing the living experiences toward their family, the friends'/relatives' reactions and the emerging feelings. Fifty sexually active patients were interviewed. The results showed that 15 (30,0%) patients with pulmonary tuberculosis did not have any knowledge about the disease and 32 (64,0%) did not know how to prevent it. Among the fifty patients interviewed, 29 (58,0%) have realized negative reactions. The pulmonary tuberculosis do not interferes directly only in these sexual and social people's lives, but also in their partners social lives. This fact has been contributing in order to decrease their sexual relations often.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2000-01-01

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2000)

Section

Original Articles

License

RLAE’s authorship concept is based on the substantial contribution by each of the individuals listed as authors, mainly in terms of conceiving and planning the research project, collecting or analyzing and interpreting data, writing and critical review. Indication of authors’ names under the article title is limited to six. If more, authors are listed on the online submission form under Acknowledgements. The possibility of including more than six authors will only be examined on multicenter studies, considering the explanations presented by the authors.
Including names of authors whose contribution does not fit into the above criteria cannot be justified. Those names can be included in the Acknowledgements section.
 Authors are fully responsible for the concepts disseminated in their manuscripts, which do not necessarily reflect the editors’ and editorial board’s opinion.

 

How to Cite

Bertazone, Érika do C., & Gir, E. (2000). The sexuality of people with pulmonary tuberculosis cared at health basic units at Ribeirão Preto-SP. Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 8(1), 115-122. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692000000100016