Endocrine Abstracts Endocrine Abstracts (BUTTON) ISSN 1470-3947 (print) | ISSN 1479-6848 (online) Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology Published by BioScientifica * Search * Issues/Conferences * Cite * About * Our Services * Contact * Disclaimer * Search * Issues/Conferences * Cite * About * Our Services * Contact * Disclaimer ____________________ (BUTTON) * Advanced (BUTTON) P908 Prev Next Table of contents Cite Endocrine Abstracts (2018) 56 P908 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.56.P908 Patient perspectives on sexuality in hypopituitarism Ida Björkman^1, Jenny Tiberg Persson^2,^3, Eva Jakobsson Ung^1, Ann-Charlotte Olofsson^2,^3, Gudmundur Johannsson^2,^3 & Lisen Dellenborg^1 __________________________________________________________________ Author affiliations ^1Institute of Health and Care Sciences and Gothenburg Centre for Person-centred Care, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; ^2Institute of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; ^3Department of Endocrinolgy, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. __________________________________________________________________ Aim: The aim of the study was to explore patient perspectives on sexuality in hypopituitarism. Background: Hypopituitarism usually leads to a complete loss of sex hormones and the condition has a negative impact on sexuality. Previous research has mainly focused on erectile functioning in men and fertility issues in women but little is known about their sexual wellbeing and experiences of hypopituitarism in relation to sexuality. Design: An interpretative, qualitative methodology inspired by Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics was carried out. Methods: Individual interviews were conducted with 19 men and women with hypopituitarism. Data were collected between October 2011 and April 2012. Findings: Four themes emerged that describe experiences of an altered sexuality in hypopituitarism: Desire, fatigue and lack of initiative, Intimate relationships and love, lust for life and self-perception and a public and private silence surrounding sexuality. Conclusions: The altered sexuality included sexual functioning as well as wellbeing, which affected both self-perception and intimate relationships. The patient perspective on sexuality in hypopituitarism extends well beyond sexual functioning into issues of sexual wellbeing, intimate relationships, self-perception and cultural, gendered, norms. Nurses can aid patients in adapting to an altered sexuality but current health care practices focusing on sexual functioning and reproduction alone are insufficient. This Volume 20th European Congress of Endocrinology logo 20th European Congress of Endocrinology Barcelona, Spain 19 - 22 May 2018 European Society of Endocrinology Browse other volumes Table of contents Scientific Programme Volume editors Abstract book Article tools CiteULike Email this article to a colleague Facebook twitter Print | Disclaimer My recent searches No recent searches. My recently viewed abstracts Patient perspectives on sexuality in hypopituitarism (<1 min ago) Authors Bjorkman Ida * Google Scholar * PubMed Persson Jenny Tiberg * Google Scholar * PubMed Ung Eva Jakobsson * Google Scholar * PubMed Olofsson Ann-Charlotte * Google Scholar * PubMed Johannsson Gudmundur * Google Scholar * PubMed Dellenborg Lisen * Google Scholar * PubMed Published by BioScientifica Endocrine Abstracts ISSN 1470-3947 (print) | ISSN 1479-6848 (online) © BioScientifica 2020 | Privacy policy | Cookie settings BiosciAbstracts Biosci Abstracts Biosci Abstracts Bioscientifica Abstracts is the gateway to a series of products that provide a permanent, citable record of abstracts for biomedical and life science conferences. Find out more