title: Sexual function in a traumatic spinal cord injured population 10-45 years after injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine sexual function at least 10 years after traumatic spinal cord injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional questionnaire plus retrospective and prospective data from medical files.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 279 individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For spinal cord injured women: 94% had no problems with impaired vaginal lubrication; 22% had given birth after the injury; and 69% reported being satisfied with their sexual life. The women who were satisfied with their sexual life were younger than those who were not, and were younger at the time of injury. For spinal cord injured men: 75% could achieve erection, and they were younger than those who could not achieve erection; 35% used aid(s) for erection; 78-94% had positive reported effect of penile vibration, drugs and intracavernous injection for erection; 44% could achieve ejaculation, and they were younger than those who could not; 56% used aid(s) for ejaculation; 19% had made a woman pregnant, and a higher frequency of these men could achieve erection and ejaculation; 54% reported being satisfied with their sexual life; and significantly more men who had made a woman pregnant were satisfied with their sexual life. For both genders problems regarding bladder and bowel management, pressure ulcers, spasticity or pain correlated with lower satisfaction with sexual life.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Spinal Cord Injuries, Glostrup Hospital, DK-3100 Hornbæk, Denmark.
authors.forename: Ida
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Biering-Sørensen
authors.forename: Rikke Bølling
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Fin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Biering-Sørensen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001290:Attitude; D003075:Coitus; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004542:Ejaculation; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005306:Fertilization; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000209:etiology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D036801:Parturition; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010410:Penile Erection; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011247:Pregnancy; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000209:etiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000209:etiology*; D013116:Spinal Cord; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D014732:Vibration