Key result
ACHD patients face significant sexual health barriers, requiring improved clinical counseling and advocacy.
Why the study?
There is a deficit in advice, allyship, and advocacy regarding sexual health and well-being in adults with congenital heart disease despite improved health care outcomes.
Highlights the importance of addressing sexual health and well-being in adults with congenital heart disease, outlining barriers and potential solutions.
May warrant sexual health inquiry in congenital heart disease care; leaves open effective intervention strategies.
As health care outcomes improve the priority for those living with adult congenital heart disease have changed to a more holistic focus on quality of life and well-being. Although health care has embraced this, there are still areas where there is a deficit in advice, allyship, and advocacy. One of these deficits is in the area of sexual health and well-being. A healthy sexual life has a myriad of physical and psychosocial benefits. However, individuals with adult congenital heart disease may have significant barriers to achieving well-being in this aspect of their lives. These barriers and their potential solutions are outlined in this paper.
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Swan et al. (2023) conducted a review in Adult congenital heart disease. Sexual health and well-being was evaluated. Adults with congenital heart disease face significant barriers to achieving sexual health and well-being, highlighting a need for improved advice, allyship, and advocacy in clinical care.
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