Sexual Activity and Function in the Year After an Acute Myocardial Infarction Among Younger Women and Men in the United States and Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Most younger adults who experience an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are sexually active before the AMI, but little is known about sexual activity or sexual function after the event.

Objective

To describe patterns of sexual activity and function and identify indicators of the probability of loss of sexual activity in the year after AMI.

Design, setting, and participants

Data from the prospective, multicenter, longitudinal Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes of Young AMI Patients study (conducted from August 21, 2008, to January 5, 2012) were assessed at baseline, 1 month, and 1 year. Participants were from US (n = 103) and Spanish (n = 24) hospitals and completed baseline and all follow-up interviews. Data analysis for the present study was

SUBMITTER: Lindau ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5459405 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature