Rutgers WPF, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
J Sex Marital Ther. 2012;38(1):63-78. doi: 10.1080/0092623X.2011.569638.
The aim of this study was to investigate help-seeking behavior in relation to sexual problems among people with a disease or an impairment, as well as determining factors that promote people to seek professional sexological help. A total of 341 respondents (224 men, 117 women) participated. Approximately 50% wanted professional help with finding a sexual partner and sexual adjustment problems. Further, approximately 40% wanted professional help for problems in their sexual relationship, practical sexual problems, and the inability to enjoy their sexuality. In total, two third considered contacting a health care professional of which 35% had indeed had contact with a health care professional. Only a third of those evaluated these contacts as positive. To identify factors associated with the respondent's participation in psychosexual therapy, we performed a logistic regression analyses with a participation in a psychosexual intervention as the dependent variable. Sexual dissatisfaction was the strongest predictor of participation in psychosexual therapy. Furthermore, people who indicated that they wanted professional help for their sexual problems and people who had already discussed sexuality issues with a health care professional were more likely to participate. Disease and demographic characteristics did not influence one's decision to participate.
本研究旨在探讨与疾病或残障相关的性问题的求助行为，以及确定促进人们寻求专业性治疗的因素。共有 341 名受访者（224 名男性，117 名女性）参与了研究。大约 50%的人希望在寻找性伴侣和性调整问题方面获得专业帮助。此外，大约 40%的人希望在性关系、实际性问题和无法享受性方面获得专业帮助。总的来说，三分之二的人考虑联系医疗保健专业人员，其中 35%的人确实联系过医疗保健专业人员。只有三分之一的人对这些接触评价为积极。为了确定与受访者参加性心理治疗相关的因素，我们进行了逻辑回归分析，将参加性心理干预作为因变量。性不满是参加性心理治疗的最强预测因素。此外，那些表示他们希望为自己的性问题寻求专业帮助的人，以及那些已经与医疗保健专业人员讨论过性问题的人，更有可能参加。疾病和人口统计学特征并不影响人们参与的决定。
