When an older female patient complains of painful sexual intercourse, the nurse recognizes that the probable cause is:
a. urinary incontinence.
b. arthritic joints.
c. kyphosis.
d. mucosal drying.
D
Sexual intercourse may be uncomfortable because of drying of the mucosa of the vagina.
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