Sexual quality of life evaluation after treatment among women with breast cancer under 35 years old.
Support Care Cancer
; 27(3): 879-885, 2019 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To qualify the quality of patients sexual lives after treatment among women with breast cancer under 35 years old and compare results to the literature.METHODS:
Sexual quality of life was measured for 84 women aged 20 to 35 years old at diagnosis, with two validated quality of sexual life questionnaires, Brief Index of Sexual Functioning for Women (BISF-W) and Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), at least six months after breast cancer diagnosis. Two other questionnaires were used to allow us to understand other aspects of their life before cancer and to monitor quality of sexual life during treatment.RESULTS:
Forty-three women responded to the questionnaire. The questionnaires demonstrated that more than half of them had problems with their sexuality. The mean total score was 28.08/75 for BISF-W and 25.1 for FSFI (under the cutoff score 26.55). The domain analysis showed an association between the absence of chemotherapy and scores in regard to sexual health. Only 7% had sexual disturbance detected but 49% of the patients wished to have it.CONCLUSION:
Sexual dysfunction in breast cancer survivors is real, has several factors, and cannot be evaluated based only on the organic side effects induced by cancer treatment. Better monitoring and screening seems necessary in order to optimize the quality of sexual life after surviving breast cancer.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Qualidade de Vida
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Comportamento Sexual
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Neoplasias da Mama
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article