Sexual counseling for people with acute coronary syndrome: educational video development.
Laura Rizardi Dos Santos Andrade, Lanay Dourado Dos Anjos, Ana Paula Freitas Aguiar and 5 others
PMID 39082545WHAT IT FOUND
A video lasting 3 minutes and 48 seconds teaching safe sexual activity after acute coronary syndrome was judged clear and useful by 11 experts and 7 hospitalized patients.
It is a counseling aid, not proof that it improves sexual activity or cardiac outcomes.
Key findings
01The video was built from four review articles that recommended a safe environment, medication adherence, physical activity, warning signs, energy-saving positions, and gradual resumption.
02After expert revision, the video was rated clear, relevant and useful with very high agreement.
03Seven ACS inpatients rated the video fully acceptable for clarity, usefulness, running time and understanding, and reported positive feelings about the topic.
STILL TO COME
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What it does not show
The expert panel was small and mostly nurses, so other professional perspectives were limited. Only a small number of hospitalized patients rated the video, and they were selected because they were stable enough to participate. The study did not test whether the video changes sexual function, anxiety, medication use, cardiac symptoms or other patient outcomes. Patient education level was not recorded, only that participants could read and write. The video was developed in one Brazilian hospital setting.
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The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as proof that the video changes sexual activity, anxiety, or cardiac outcomes after acute coronary syndrome. It tested only content validity with 11 experts and 7 hospitalized patients.