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Comparison of Quality of Life and Sexuality between Cervical Cancer Survivors and Healthy Women

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 AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, propensity-score-matched cervical cancer survivors (n=104) and healthy women (n=104...

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Autores principales: Lee, Yumi, Lim, Myong Cheol, Kim, Se Ik, Joo, Jungnam, Lee, Dong Ock, Park, Sang-Yoon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Cancer Association 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5080809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26875196
http://dx.doi.org/10.4143/crt.2015.425
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author Lee, Yumi
Lim, Myong Cheol
Kim, Se Ik
Joo, Jungnam
Lee, Dong Ock
Park, Sang-Yoon
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Lim, Myong Cheol
Kim, Se Ik
Joo, Jungnam
Lee, Dong Ock
Park, Sang-Yoon
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description 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 AND METHODS: 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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spelling pubmed-50808092016-11-03 Comparison of Quality of Life and Sexuality between Cervical Cancer Survivors and Healthy Women Lee, Yumi Lim, Myong Cheol Kim, Se Ik Joo, Jungnam Lee, Dong Ock Park, Sang-Yoon Cancer Res Treat Original Article 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 AND METHODS: 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. Korean Cancer Association 2016-10 2016-02-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5080809/ /pubmed/26875196 http://dx.doi.org/10.4143/crt.2015.425 Text en Copyright © 2016 by the Korean Cancer Association This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Comparison of Quality of Life and Sexuality between Cervical Cancer Survivors and Healthy Women
title_sort comparison of quality of life and sexuality between cervical cancer survivors and healthy women
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5080809/
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