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The study evaluated relationships and sexuality among people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and their partners. The results were compared to findings among couples in the general population. Participants were 45 heterosexual people with MS and their partners and 32 heterosexual people from the general population and their partners. There was a high level of concordance between the views of couples from the general population, but not among couples where one partner had MS. Partners of people with MS were more likely than people with MS to feel that MS had a negative impact on the physical and emotional support in their relationship. People with MS also experienced more problems in their relationship and sexual functioning, but not their sexual satisfaction, than people from the general population. The implications of these results in terms of support programs for people with MS and their partners are discussed.
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McCabe, M.P., McDonald, E. Perceptions of Relationship and Sexual Satisfaction among People with Multiple Sclerosis and their Partners. Sex Disabil 25, 179–188 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11195-007-9053-9
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