O'connor Elodie J, McCabe Marita P, Firth Lucy
Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.
J Sex Marital Ther. 2008;34(2):115-32. doi: 10.1080/00926230701636189.
The current study investigated the impact of neurological illness on marital relationship satisfaction. Participants numbered 423 patients and 335 carers from motor neurone disease (MND), Huntington's disease (HD), Parkinson's, and multiple sclerosis (MS). The results demonstrated that patients and carers with HD had a significantly lower level of relationship satisfaction and sex life satisfaction than the other three illness groups. Further, patients with HD indicated a significantly higher level of relationship satisfaction than their carers. For MS and MND patients, social support predicted marital relationship satisfaction, and for Parkinson's patients, social support and sex life satisfaction predicted marital relationship satisfaction.
本研究调查了神经疾病对婚姻关系满意度的影响。参与者包括423名来自运动神经元病（MND）、亨廷顿舞蹈症（HD）、帕金森病和多发性硬化症（MS）的患者以及335名护理人员。结果表明，与其他三个疾病组相比，HD患者及其护理人员的关系满意度和性生活满意度显著较低。此外，HD患者表示其关系满意度显著高于他们的护理人员。对于MS和MND患者，社会支持可预测婚姻关系满意度，而对于帕金森病患者，社会支持和性生活满意度可预测婚姻关系满意度。
