Abstract

ALVES DA SILVA, Vanessa et al. Observational study of clinical validation of the nursing diagnosis of sexual dysfunction in patients with chronic cardiac insufficiency. av.enferm. [online]. 2014, vol.32, n.2, pp.252-260. ISSN 0121-4500.  https://doi.org/10.15446/av.enferm.v32n2.46229.

Objectives: To verify the functional state, the civil state, religion, age and sex of patients with chronic stable cardiac insufficiency with nursing diagnosis of sexual dysfunction and to verify the definitive characteristics, the most common ones, the less common and the ones that are irrelevant to this diagnostic. Methods: Descriptive study, observational and quantitative. The practical model of clinical validation of the diagnosis in 30 patients with stable chronic cardiac insufficiency in ambulatory accompaniment that presented a nursery diagnostic of sexual dysfunction in the Hospital Universitario Antonio Pedro on september-november of 2011 period. Results: From the 20 definitive characteristics validated, 8 were classified as more dominant, 9 as less dominant and 3 as irrelevant. The most dominant definitive characteristics were related to physical effort and the presentation of sexual disfunction with the disease and the treatment; the less dominant were related to presence, absence or alteration of arousal, satisfaction and interest in the other person. Tiredness, pain and fear related to the physical effort were also referred by the patients of this group; the irrelevant characteristics were related to self-esteem and the relation with the partner. Conclusion: This study proved that the definitive characteristics presented in the NANDA-I are valid to diagnose patients with stable chronic insufficiency in ambulatory accompaniment, since these are presented in a real clinical environment.

Keywords : Sexuality; Nursing Diagnosis; Heart Failure.

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