부산대학교 도서관

The purposes of this study were to examine the relationship among sexual knowledge, attitude, and sexual life 1kw male myocardial infarction (MI) patients during the recovery period and to analyze factors affecting such knowledge and attitude. The descriptive correlation design used a self-administered structured questionnaire for data collection. One hundred and eight MI patients from four hospitals were contacted and 92 subjects completed the questionnaires. The results showed that (1) The mean score of sexual knowledge was 10.49 (SD=3.95. range 2-20). (2) The mean score of sexual attitude was 65.82 (SD=10.16. range 41-89). (3) Most of the subjects resumed sexual intercourse in the first month following MI, hut the frequency of sexual intercourse declined. Some subjects reported that their sexual positions had changed. Some subjects and partners reported negative feeling toward sexual activity and lower level of sexual satisfaction. (4) Sexual knowledge and attitude was positively associated with each other r=.472, p＜001). (5) The significant predicator of sexual knowledge was educational level, which accounted for 8.2% of the variance. (6) The significant predicators of sexual attitude were educational level, sexual knowledge, level of sexual satisfaction after MI. partners' concern, and receiving of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, which accounted for 47.6% of the variance. From the results we confirmed that changes in sexual life occurred in male MI patients during the recovery period. The results could be a reference for instructing MI patients on their sexual life and for teaching sexual consultation to student nurses.