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Sexual Activity in Adults with Pediatric-Onset Spinal Cord Injury: Injury, Demographic, and Lifestyle Factors.

Justine StewartKyle C DeaneDeanna TuttleAlexis OrtizKathleen M ChlanKathy Zebracki
Published in: Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation (2024)
Half of adults with pediatric-onset SCI engage in regular physical intimacy; this is below the estimates for the general population. Psychosocial factors are stronger contributors to physical intimacy frequency than SCI-related factors. Health care providers and researchers should focus on barriers to social integration and development of social relationships as factors that influence physical intimacy in this population.
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