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Sexual function is a well-known quality-of-life indicator and it has been widely documented that it is not well addressed following spinal cord injury. A previous service evaluation exploring education provided to patients with spinal cord injury identified the need for improved provision of sexual function education\/information. As a result, weekly 1-hour sessions focused on sexual function for up to three patients of the same sex were held, facilitated by a clinical nurse specialist. The sessions had an open forum structure. They were initially designed to discuss thoughts and feelings around intimacy and sex after a spinal cord injury, but focused on group members' requests. In addition, patients were offered a one-to-one session where the \u2018mechanics\u2019 of sex could be discussed in further detail. <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design and methods:<\/jats:title><jats:p> a service evaluation used a questionnaire survey to collect data from a purposive convenience sample of spinal cord injury patients. Data were collected between July and September 2018. Participants completed a locally designed paper questionnaire, which included Likert-style questions and space to add free text comments. Descriptive analysis of the data was used. <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p> survey results suggest that the newly formed sexual function education session is positively evaluated in terms of usefulness and all attendees to date would recommend this session to other patients. <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions and recommendations:<\/jats:title><jats:p> following completion of data analysis, findings will inform the further development of sexual function education, with a particular focus on tailoring it to the patient and reducing the stigma around talking about sex. <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.12968\/bjon.2019.28.21.1374","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,28]],"date-time":"2019-11-28T17:14:03Z","timestamp":1574961243000},"page":"1374-1378","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Evaluating sexual function education for patients after a spinal cord injury"],"prefix":"10.12968","volume":"28","author":[{"given":"Sian","family":"Rodger","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Nurse Specialist, London Spinal Cord Injury Centre, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, London"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"5130","reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1557988318790883"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3402\/qhw.v9.26152"},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/sc.2014.22"},{"key":"B4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/15546128.2017.1407980"},{"key":"B5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1310\/sci2301-49"},{"key":"B6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5014\/ajot.2015.015040"},{"key":"B7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1179\/2045772312Y.0000000025"},{"key":"B8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/nhs.12097"},{"key":"B9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/sc.2017.56"},{"key":"B10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/sc.2016.62"},{"key":"B11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/09638288.2016.1271026"},{"key":"B12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1179\/2045772314Y.0000000226"},{"key":"B13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.12968\/bjon.2019.28.6.377"},{"key":"B14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1310\/sci2301-31"},{"key":"B15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/sc.2010.96"},{"key":"B16","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/s41393-018-0188-6"},{"key":"B17","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1310\/sci2101-49"},{"key":"B18","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/sj.sc.3101992"}],"container-title":["British Journal of Nursing"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.magonlinelibrary.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.12968\/bjon.2019.28.21.1374","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,25]],"date-time":"2022-05-25T00:12:45Z","timestamp":1653437565000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.magonlinelibrary.com\/doi\/10.12968\/bjon.2019.28.21.1374"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,28]]},"references-count":18,"journal-issue":{"issue":"21","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,28]]}},"alternative-id":["10.12968\/bjon.2019.28.21.1374"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12968\/bjon.2019.28.21.1374","relation":{},"ISSN":["0966-0461","2052-2819"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0966-0461","type":"print"},{"value":"2052-2819","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,28]]}}}