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Selective adherence to antihypertensive medications as a patient-driven means to preserving sexual potency.

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Voils, CI; Sandelowski, M; Dahm, P; Blouin, R; Bosworth, HB; Oddone, EZ; Steinhauser, KE
Published in: Patient preference and adherence
February 2008

To describe hypertensive patients' experiences with sexual side effects and their consequences for antihypertensive medication adherence.Data were from a study conducted to identify facilitators of and barriers to adherence to blood pressure-lowering regimens. Participants were 38 married and unmarried veterans with a diagnosis of hypertension and 13 female spouses. Eight patient and four spouse focus groups were conducted. A directed approach to content analysis was used to determine the facilitators of and barriers to adherence. For this report, all discussion concerning the topic of sexual relations was extracted.Male patients viewed sexual intercourse as a high priority and felt that a lack of sexual intercourse was unnatural. They pursued strategies to preserve their potency, including discontinuing or selectively adhering to their medications and obtaining treatments for impotence. In contrast, spouses felt that sexual intercourse was a low priority and that a lack of sexual intercourse was natural. They discouraged their husbands from seeking treatments for impotence.Although the primary study was not designed to explore issues of sexual function, the issue emerged spontaneously in the majority of discussions, indicating that sexuality is important in this context for both male patients and their spouses. Physicians should address sexual side effects of antihypertensive medications with patients, ideally involving spouses.

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Patient preference and adherence

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1177-889X

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1177-889X

Publication Date

February 2008

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2

Start / End Page

201 / 206

Related Subject Headings

  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Voils, C. I., Sandelowski, M., Dahm, P., Blouin, R., Bosworth, H. B., Oddone, E. Z., & Steinhauser, K. E. (2008). Selective adherence to antihypertensive medications as a patient-driven means to preserving sexual potency. Patient Preference and Adherence, 2, 201–206. https://doi.org/10.2147/ppa.s3796
Voils, Corrine I., Margarete Sandelowski, Philipp Dahm, Rachel Blouin, Hayden B. Bosworth, Eugene Z. Oddone, and Karen E. Steinhauser. “Selective adherence to antihypertensive medications as a patient-driven means to preserving sexual potency.Patient Preference and Adherence 2 (February 2008): 201–6. https://doi.org/10.2147/ppa.s3796.
Voils CI, Sandelowski M, Dahm P, Blouin R, Bosworth HB, Oddone EZ, et al. Selective adherence to antihypertensive medications as a patient-driven means to preserving sexual potency. Patient preference and adherence. 2008 Feb;2:201–6.
Voils, Corrine I., et al. “Selective adherence to antihypertensive medications as a patient-driven means to preserving sexual potency.Patient Preference and Adherence, vol. 2, Feb. 2008, pp. 201–06. Epmc, doi:10.2147/ppa.s3796.
Voils CI, Sandelowski M, Dahm P, Blouin R, Bosworth HB, Oddone EZ, Steinhauser KE. Selective adherence to antihypertensive medications as a patient-driven means to preserving sexual potency. Patient preference and adherence. 2008 Feb;2:201–206.

Published In

Patient preference and adherence

DOI

EISSN

1177-889X

ISSN

1177-889X

Publication Date

February 2008

Volume

2

Start / End Page

201 / 206

Related Subject Headings

  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences