Consequences of hysterectomy in the lives of women

Bibliographic Data

ID15218689
AuthorsLinda A Bernhard (The Ohio State University, corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume13
Issue3
Pages281-291
Publication date1992-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399339209516003
PMID1399868
OpenAlexW1993819453
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited10

A longitudinal study of 63 adult, premenopausal women of low socioeconomic status who underwent hysterectomies is reported. Face-to-face in-depth interviews with the women were conducted on the day before hysterectomy and 4 weeks and 3 months after hysterectomy. After the interview, each woman completed the Derogatis Sexual Functioning Inventory (Derogatis & Melisaratos, 1979). The Responses to Hysterectomy tool was mailed to the women about 2 years after hysterectomy. Before their hysterectomies, most of the women had both positive and negative feelings about the hysterectomy. By 3 months posthysterectomy, most women had fairly positive general and sexual outcomes. However, by 2 years posthysterectomy, there were less positive outcomes. Most women reported at least sometimes having negative symptoms that they associated with their hysterectomy. More research must be conducted to fully understand the experience of hysterectomy in women's lives

Feeling · Hysterectomy · Obstetrics · Population · Psychiatry · Sexual dysfunction · Sexual Functioning · Socioeconomic status · Endometriosis Research and Treatment · Medicine · Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments · Psychology · Social Psychology · Uterine Myomas and Treatments · Surgery

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