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The impact of neurological illness on marital relationships
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posted on 2008-03-01, 00:00 authored by E O`Connor, M McCabe, L FirthThe current study investigated the impact of neurological illness on marital relationship satisfaction. Participants numbered 423 patients and 335 carers from motor neurone disease (MND), Huntington's disease (HD), Parkinson's, and multiple sclerosis (MS). The results demonstrated that patients and carers with HD had a significantly lower level of relationship satisfaction and sex life satisfaction than the other three illness groups. Further, patients with HD indicated a significantly higher level of relationship satisfaction than their carers. For MS and MND patients, social support predicted marital relationship satisfaction, and for Parkinson's patients, social support and sex life satisfaction predicted marital relationship satisfaction.
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Journal of sex & marital therapyVolume
34Issue
2Pagination
115 - 132Publisher
RoutledgeLocation
Philadelphia, Pa.Publisher DOI
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0092-623XeISSN
1521-0715Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2008, Taylor and FrancisUsage metrics
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