%0 Journal Article
%T Inqu¨¦rito sobre asma e actividade sexual na pr¨¢tica cl¨ªnica alergol¨®gica
%A Ferreira
%A Manuel Branco
%J Revista Portuguesa de Imunoalergologia
%D 2012
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X background: several authors have suggested that many asthmatic patients, although apparently well -controlled, may have respiratory complaints during sexual activity; however these are rarely discussed with their physicians. objective: to assess if allergologists find relevant and question specifically their adult asthmatic patients regarding respiratory symptoms induced by sexual activity. material and methods: we used a pre-defined 11-questions questionnaire, applied by phone, fax or e -mail, during september/2010, to about 100 allergologists who had agreed to answer a questionnaire about asthma and sexual activity in a previous contact. statistical analysis was done with spss 15.0 software, including the descriptive analysis of all variables and the chi -square analysis between different genders or age groups of the responders and between different questions. a value of p<0.05 was considered significant. results: we obtained 101 valid answers (52% male allergologists), with a mean age of 51.5¡À7.9 years. although 98% of physicians ask always or almost always about exercise -induced symptoms, only 11% always or almost always ask questions specifically about sex-induced respiratory symptoms. in contrast with this reduced percentage, 90% of the physicians consider themselves to be at-ease to perform this line of questioning, recognising greater ease to question younger adults (<40 years) and to question adults belonging to the same gender than the physician. most doctors believe that their patients would accept well these types of questions and 71% believe that patients would find important to be able to discuss eventual limitations to their sexual activity, although recognising that probably a significant percentage of patients will not spontaneously put forward these type of complaints. conclusions: despite being considered clinically relevant and probably well-accepted by the patients, most allergologists do not usually ask their adult asthmatic patients specific
%K allergologists
%K asthma
%K questionnaire
%K sexual activity.
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