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Sexual problems are common among cardiac patients. Further information is required on patients’ experiences of sexuality and preferences for sexual counselling.

To characterise sexual dysfunction and related factors among patients following cardiac rehabilitation and examine related treatment delivery.

Telephone interviews with 382 patients (32% response rate) recruited from six hospital rehabilitation centres.

Seventy-nine per cent were male; average age was 64 years (SD 9.8). Forty-seven per cent of the total sample reported no sexual relations in the previous year, and nearly a half of sexually active respondents reported at least one sexual problem. Erectile dysfunction (reported by 33%) and lack of interest in sex (reported by 10%) were the most common problems for men and women …