title: [The medical history taking in sexual health: skills and attitudes].
abstract: A sexual satisfactory life favourably affects quality of life, there being evidence that shows there are multiple organic processes of which sexual dysfunction is often a precocious sign of underlying organic disease (cardiovascular, endocrinological or neurological). Difficulties exist in recording the sexual anamnesis on the part of the professional, the patient, or by the health system. Nevertheless, given its importance, it is necessary for the doctor to adopt an attitude of active search, especially among the population of risk. To do this, it is necessary that the situation is propitious (sense of the opportunity), preserving the confidentiality of the meeting, and it will be carried out naturally and with empathy, adopting a listening attitude, taking into account the non-verbal language, without issuing valued judgments, and resorting to assertivity to overcome the resistances. This article proposes guidelines to perform an anamnesis adequately.
authors: Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria, Centro de Salud Xátiva, Valencia, España. Electronic address: fsanchezs@semergen.es.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Sánchez-Sánchez
authors: R
authors: R
authors: González-Correales
authors: A R
authors: AR
authors: Jurado-López
authors: C
authors: C
authors: San Martín-Blanco
authors: R M
authors: RM
authors: Montaña-Hernández
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Tijeras-Úbeda
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Benitez-Moreno
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Brenes-Bermúdez
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Mir Pizà
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Villalba-Quintana
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D060728:Reproductive Health; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Actividad sexual; Anamnesis; Medical history taking; Salud sexual; Sexual activity; Sexual health; Sexualidad; Sexuality