Comparison of Quality of Life and Sexuality between Cervical Cancer Survivors and Healthy Women / Journal of the Korean Cancer Association, 대한암학회지
Cancer Research and Treatment
;
: 1321-1329, 2016.
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em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-109744
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this study is to compare quality of life (QoL) and sexual functioning between sexually active cervical cancer survivors and healthy women. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
In this cross-sectional study, propensity-score-matched cervical cancer survivors (n=104) and healthy women (n=104) were compared. All women had engaged in sexual activity within the previous 3 months, and cervical cancer survivors showed no evidence of disease after primary treatment. QoL and sexual functioning were assessed using three questionnaires; the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30), Cervical Cancer Module (EORTC QLQ-CX24), and the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI).RESULTS:
Significantly higher scores for lymphedema were observed in the cervical cancer survivors group compared with the healthy women group (mean, 20.2 vs. 12.2; p < 0.05). Sexuality, both in terms of sexual activity, sexual enjoyment, and sexual worry (EORTC QLQ-CX24), and in terms of desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain (FSFI) were similar between the groups. When the scale of sexual/vaginal functioning in EORTC QLQ-CX24 was divided into individual questions, cervical cancer survivors reported shorter vaginal length than the control group, but without statistical significance (mean, 80.6 vs. 85.4; p=0.077).CONCLUSION:
Compared with healthy women, sexuality was not impaired in cervical cancer survivors who showed no evidence of disease after primary treatment and engaging in sexual activity. Further prospective cohort studies are warranted to confirm this finding.
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Assunto principal:
Orgasmo
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Nível de Alerta
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Qualidade de Vida
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Comportamento Sexual
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Neoplasias do Colo do Útero
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Estudos Transversais
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Estudos Prospectivos
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Estudos de Coortes
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Sobreviventes
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Sexualidade
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo de incidência
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Cancer Research and Treatment
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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