Sexual Skills, Sexual Satisfaction and Body Image in Women with Breast Cancer

IntroductionThe sexual functioning problems in women after breast cancer are common. Certain factors related to treatment and its clinical implications may contribute to these problems.Objectives were to- Evaluate the changes in sexual life after treatment of breast cancer relative to the general population.- Identify the influence of demographic and clinical factors on sexuality.MethodsWe recruited 50 patients who were in remission for at least 3 months after initial treatment of breast cancer, and 50 healthy women.Sexuality and body image was evaluated using the Arabic version of the specific scale of breast cancer QLQ-BR23, which is an additional module to the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30 questionnaire.ResultsCompared with control subjects, patients reported more dyspareunia (61.5% vs 38.5%) and vaginal dryness (61.3% vs 38.7%). A diminished sense of sexual attractiveness was significantly more frequent within patients (p = 0.001).The patients had poor sexual functioning and sexual satisfaction and the mean scores were respectively 45.3% and 43.9%. Additional analyses indicated that menopausal status and sexual difficulties in the partner was significantly related to poorer sexual satisfaction (p respectively 0.018 and 0.014).The mean score of body image was 47.7% and its alteration had no significant impact on the themes of sexuality.ConclusionThese findings confirm and extend previous reports of impaired sexual functioning among breast cancer survivors. Results suggest that relief of sexual difficulties in partner should be an essential component of efforts to improve sexuality of patients.

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Evaluation of quality of life in women with breast cancer, with particular emphasis on sexual satisfaction, future perspectives and body image, depending on the method of surgery.

Psychiatria Polska ◽

10.12740/pp/onlinefirst/63787 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 51 (5) ◽

pp. 871-888 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Agnieszka Słowik ◽

Marcin Jabłoński ◽

Anna Michałowska-Kaczmarczyk ◽

Robert Jach

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Quality Of Life ◽

Body Image ◽

Sexual Satisfaction ◽

Future Perspectives

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The Comparison of Sexual Satisfaction and Body Image between Women with Breast Cancer after Treatment and Healthy Women

Iranian Journal of Breast Disease ◽

10.30699/acadpub.ijbd..11.2.46 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (02) ◽

pp. 46-55

Author(s):

Ghorban Fathi Aghdam

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Body Image ◽

Sexual Satisfaction ◽

Healthy Women

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Sociodemographic and clinical factors affecting body image, sexual function and sexual satisfaction in women with breast cancer

Journal of Clinical Nursing ◽

10.1111/jocn.13125 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 25 (11-12) ◽

pp. 1557-1565 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Fernanda Dorneles de Morais ◽

Ruffo Freitas-Junior ◽

Rosemar Macedo Sousa Rahal ◽

Carolina Maciel Reis Gonzaga

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Body Image ◽

Sexual Function ◽

Sexual Satisfaction ◽

Clinical Factors ◽

Factors Affecting

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Sexual satisfaction among women with breast cancer

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.1676 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (S1) ◽

pp. s847-s847

Author(s):

S. Abdollahifard ◽

M. Maddahfard

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Mental Health ◽

Body Image ◽

Marital Satisfaction ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Sexual Satisfaction ◽

Breast Cancer Diagnosis ◽

Normal Subjects ◽

Breast Cancer Patients ◽

Competing Interest

BackgroundDespite the outstanding breakthroughs in medical sciences, breast cancer is still regarded as one of the most important diseases, worldwide. This condition is also the most common cancer among women and the second leading cause of death.AimThis study aimed to investigate on sexual satisfaction among breast cancer patientsMethodsThis review article has written by more than 32 published papers in websites during 2008 until 2016.ResultEsfandiari et al. (2015) have done a study about a comparison of marital satisfaction, public health and body image among normal subjects and breast cancer patients with breast evacuation and conservation in Tehran, Iran. The result of this study showed that women with breast cancer were significantly different from normal subjects in terms of marital satisfaction, mental health and body image.Rezaipour et al. (2004) has done a study about relationship between women's experience of orgasm and marital relation satisfaction in health care centers of Arak. This result showed there was a relationship between women's orgasm experience and the amount of satisfaction from marital relation.Nekoueifard and Jahangiry (2014) have done a study about sexual function among patients with breast cancer in Tehran. In their study, there was a meaningful and direct relationship between type of surgery and sexual satisfaction. The results of that study show that disease and treatment have a considerable influence on marital relationship.ConclusionIt seems that dealing with marital satisfaction of women during the early stages of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment is a necessary for mental health.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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