Quality of Sexual Life in Mexican Men After Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal cord injury can adversely affect the quality of sexual of life in men. However, support and early application of strategies for sex practices are often overlooked during spinal cord injury rehabilitation for men. The aim of this study was to gain insight into the factors associated with dissatisfaction and sexual quality of life in men with spinal cord injury. Multidisciplinary teams that specialize in spinal cord injury can provide earlier strategies to help men adopt new methods to improve their sexual lives.

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  Patients with thoracic spinal cord injury reported significantly higher sexual dissatisfaction compared to those with lumbar spinal cord injury.
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  Patients with a higher level of education (high school or university) reported less sexual dissatisfaction than those with a lower level of schooling (p = 0.03; OR 1.78, 95% CI 1.04–3.07).
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  The risk of developing sexual dissatisfaction was 8 times higher in patients with thoracic SCI than in those with lumbar SCI (p < 0.001, OR 8.4, 95% CI 3.2–21.7).