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Keywords
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Sexual dysfunction Spinal cord injury Sexuality |
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Target Audience
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Urology, Urogynaecology and Female & Functional Urology, Bowel Dysfunction, Pure and Applied Science, Conservative Management |
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Aims and Objectives
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The workshop aims are to discuss the importance of sexual health in people with spinal cord injury/dysfunction (SCI/D), promote competencies in sexuality among professionals, and describe the dysfunctions and challenges that people with SCI/D face in order to achieve an active and satisfying sexual life. Health professionals will obtain practical diagnostic and therapeutic tools to manage sexual life, promoting self-determination and independence in SCI/D. In the different modules, a broad and complete overview of urgent topics (e.g., inadequate management of the bladder and/or bowel as a trigger for incontinence, autonomic dysreflexia, spasticity) will expand and strengthen knowledge to work with this population.
Learning Objectives - To discuss the problems and challenges that affect and limit sexual life in people with spinal cord injury.
- To learn the diagnostic and medico-surgical therapeutic tools to help people with spinal cord injury achieve an active and satisfactory sexual life.
- To evaluate and improve the interactions between sexual functions and other systems (e.g., neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction, neurogenic bowel dysfunction, spasticity, autonomic dysreflexia) in people with spinal cord injury.
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