Table 1.

Items related to sexuality

1. Do you share the same bed with your sex partner?

2. When did you start sexual intercourse after transplantation?

3. How did you feel about your sexuality before the illness?

4. How do you feel about your sexuality after the transplantation?

5. How often did you feel orgasm before the illness?

6. How often do you feel orgasm after the transplantation?

7. How strong was your sexual desire before the illness?

8. How strong is your sexual desire after the transplantation?

9. How often did you have sexual intercourse before the illness?

10. How often do you have sexual intercourse after the transplantation?

11. What is your present score after the transplantation if your sexuality before the illness is assumed to be 10 on a scale of 0 to 10 (The worst is 0 and the best is 10.)?

12. In terms of physical changes after transplantation, choose as many of these details as they apply.

13. Who avoid(s) sexual contact between you and your partner?

14. If you do, why do you avoid sexual contact? Choose as many of the details as they apply.

15. If you are dissatisfied with sexual contact, what do you do to solve the sexual dissatisfaction?

For items measuring the changes in sexuality pre- and post-HSCT (item number 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), a scoring system on a scale of 0 to 4 was used: the worst (the least) being 0 and the best (the most) being 4.