Table 4.
Participants' and patients' attitudes toward discussing sexual life.
| N = 252 | % | |
|---|---|---|
| How often do patients express sexual problems spontaneously? | ||
| Almost never | 90 | 35.7 |
| In half of the cases | 3 | 1.2 |
| In less than half of the cases | 153 | 60.7 |
| In more than half of the cases | 6 | 2.4 |
| How often do patients' partners express sexual problems | ||
| spontaneously? | ||
| Almost never | 180 | 71.4 |
| In half of the cases | 12 | 4.8 |
| In less than half of the cases | 60 | 23.8 |
| How often do you invite the partner of the patient when you | ||
| discuss sexuality? | ||
| Almost always | 3 | 1.2 |
| Almost never | 189 | 75.0 |
| In half of the cases | 3 | 1.2 |
| In less than half of the cases | 48 | 19.0 |
| In more than half of the cases | 9 | 3.6 |
| What percentage of your patients suffering from chronic | ||
| neurological disease did you refer to another care provider for | ||
| counseling of their sexual problems over the last year? N = 237 | ||
| 0 | 63 | 26.6 |
| >25 | 123 | 51.9 |
| 25–50 | 33 | 14 |
| 51–75 | 12 | 5.1 |
| 76–100 | 6 | 2.5 |
| Is it possible to refer patients experiencing sexual problems to | ||
| other care providers in your clinic? | ||
| No | 24 | 9.5 |
| Unknown | 30 | 11.9 |
| Yes | 198 | 78.6 |
| To which specialty you will refer the patients? No. = 186 | ||
| Andrology | 12 | 6.5 |
| Psychiatry, urology, or gynecology | 6 | 3.2 |
| Urology | 114 | 61.3 |
| Urology or andrology | 6 | 3.2 |
| Urology or gynecology | 30 | 16.1 |
| Urology or psychiatry | 15 | 8 |
| Urology or Infertility specialty | 3 | 1.6 |