Sexual Health Among Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Evidence.
To meta-synthesize the qualitative evidence on individuals' subjective experiences of sexual health following a spinal cord injury (SCI). PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, and PsycInfo were searched from 1960 to 2021 for qualitative research articles that examined sexual health (i.e., sex, sexuality, reproduc...
| Published in: | Sexuality & Disability Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 713 - 738 |
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| Format: | research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Dec2023
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