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Care needs of Japanese men for sexual dysfunction associated with prostate cancer treatment
PURPOSE: Prostate cancer (PC) treatment causes sexual dysfunction (SD) and alters fertility, male identity, and intimate relationships with partners. In Japan, little attention has been paid to the importance of providing care for SD associated with PC treatment. This study is aimed at clarifying th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10241682/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37273083 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-023-07837-w |
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author | Hayashi, Saeko Sato, Kazuki Oishi, Fumiko Fukuda, Hiromi Hayama, Yuka Ando, Shoko |
author_facet | Hayashi, Saeko Sato, Kazuki Oishi, Fumiko Fukuda, Hiromi Hayama, Yuka Ando, Shoko |
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description | PURPOSE: Prostate cancer (PC) treatment causes sexual dysfunction (SD) and alters fertility, male identity, and intimate relationships with partners. In Japan, little attention has been paid to the importance of providing care for SD associated with PC treatment. This study is aimed at clarifying the care needs of Japanese men regarding SD associated with PC treatment. METHODS: One-to-one semi-structured interviews were conducted with 44 PC patients to identify their care needs. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. RESULTS: Four core categories emerged from the analysis. (1) “Need for empathy from medical staff regarding fear of SD”: patients had difficulty confiding in others about their sexual problems, and medical staff involvement in their SD issues was lacking. (2) “Need for information that provides an accurate understanding of SD and coping strategies before deciding on treatment”: lack of information about SD in daily life and difficulty understanding information from medical institutions, caused men to regret their treatment. (3) “Need for professional care for individuals and couples affected by SD”: men faced loss of intimacy because of their partners’ unwillingness to understand their SD issues or tolerate non-sexual relationships. (4) “Need for an environment that facilitates interaction among men to resolve SD issues”: men felt lonely and wanted to interact with other patients about their SD concerns. CONCLUSION: These findings may help form care strategies tailored to these needs and applicable to other societies with strong traditional gender norms. |
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spelling | pubmed-102416822023-06-07 Care needs of Japanese men for sexual dysfunction associated with prostate cancer treatment Hayashi, Saeko Sato, Kazuki Oishi, Fumiko Fukuda, Hiromi Hayama, Yuka Ando, Shoko Support Care Cancer Research PURPOSE: Prostate cancer (PC) treatment causes sexual dysfunction (SD) and alters fertility, male identity, and intimate relationships with partners. In Japan, little attention has been paid to the importance of providing care for SD associated with PC treatment. This study is aimed at clarifying the care needs of Japanese men regarding SD associated with PC treatment. METHODS: One-to-one semi-structured interviews were conducted with 44 PC patients to identify their care needs. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. RESULTS: Four core categories emerged from the analysis. (1) “Need for empathy from medical staff regarding fear of SD”: patients had difficulty confiding in others about their sexual problems, and medical staff involvement in their SD issues was lacking. (2) “Need for information that provides an accurate understanding of SD and coping strategies before deciding on treatment”: lack of information about SD in daily life and difficulty understanding information from medical institutions, caused men to regret their treatment. (3) “Need for professional care for individuals and couples affected by SD”: men faced loss of intimacy because of their partners’ unwillingness to understand their SD issues or tolerate non-sexual relationships. (4) “Need for an environment that facilitates interaction among men to resolve SD issues”: men felt lonely and wanted to interact with other patients about their SD concerns. CONCLUSION: These findings may help form care strategies tailored to these needs and applicable to other societies with strong traditional gender norms. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2023-06-05 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10241682/ /pubmed/37273083 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-023-07837-w Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Research Hayashi, Saeko Sato, Kazuki Oishi, Fumiko Fukuda, Hiromi Hayama, Yuka Ando, Shoko Care needs of Japanese men for sexual dysfunction associated with prostate cancer treatment |
title | Care needs of Japanese men for sexual dysfunction associated with prostate cancer treatment |
title_full | Care needs of Japanese men for sexual dysfunction associated with prostate cancer treatment |
title_fullStr | Care needs of Japanese men for sexual dysfunction associated with prostate cancer treatment |
title_full_unstemmed | Care needs of Japanese men for sexual dysfunction associated with prostate cancer treatment |
title_short | Care needs of Japanese men for sexual dysfunction associated with prostate cancer treatment |
title_sort | care needs of japanese men for sexual dysfunction associated with prostate cancer treatment |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10241682/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37273083 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-023-07837-w |
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