Sexual impairment factors in physically disabled people

Abstract

Sexual rehabilitation of disabled people is the one of modern branes contemporary sexology. Creation of effective rehabilitation programs supporting realization of sexual needs requires knowledge of factors which inhibit sexual activity. Unfortunately, there are no epidemiological studies describing this phenomenon the polish population. Therefore, the aim of the present study was identification of the factors which impair sexual life in physicaly disabled persons. We limited the study group to individuals who had become disabled before their sexual initiation. The identified factors, specific for the considered group were associated with alienation in adolescent age, low economical status, twenty-four hour attendance of carers and lower state of physical fitness.