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Sexual health-related care needs among young adult cancer patients and survivors: a systematic literature review

PURPOSE: Young adult cancer patients and survivors have age-specific care needs, but care needs related to sexual health are poorly understood. A systematic literature review was conducted to examine sexual health-related care needs among patients/survivors diagnosed with cancer during young adultho...

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Autores principales: Lehmann, Vicky, Laan, Ellen T. M., den Oudsten, Brenda L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9300501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34669141
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11764-021-01084-w
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Laan, Ellen T. M.
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description PURPOSE: Young adult cancer patients and survivors have age-specific care needs, but care needs related to sexual health are poorly understood. A systematic literature review was conducted to examine sexual health-related care needs among patients/survivors diagnosed with cancer during young adulthood (age: 18–39 years). The prevalence and types needs were assessed along with associated patient factors. METHODS: Four major databases were screened to identify relevant studies, which were also assessed for risk of bias; all following PRISMA guidelines. RESULTS: Identified studies (N = 35) often assessed sexual health-related care needs by whether participants experienced a generic need for support from providers. The prevalence of such needs ranged between 8 and 61.7% and was higher in female survivors and those with more health impairments. The type of diagnosis could also play a role in these varying prevalence rates, but was not systematically tested in included studies. Types of sexual health-related care needs were clustered into practical/emotional support needs (e.g., coping with physical side effects), information needs (e.g., more details), and communication needs (e.g., providers should initiate conversations, validate concerns, be empathetic/open). Needs should be addressed in-person and/or online. CONCLUSIONS: The extent of needs related to sexual health varies among young adult patients and survivors, but types of needs center around improving provision of support and information by providers. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: Sexual health should routinely be addressed alongside other potential effects of cancer treatment to allow for constructive conversations between patients and providers. Referrals to (online) resources or specialists should be tailored to individual preferences. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11764-021-01084-w.
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spelling pubmed-93005012022-07-22 Sexual health-related care needs among young adult cancer patients and survivors: a systematic literature review Lehmann, Vicky Laan, Ellen T. M. den Oudsten, Brenda L. J Cancer Surviv Review PURPOSE: Young adult cancer patients and survivors have age-specific care needs, but care needs related to sexual health are poorly understood. A systematic literature review was conducted to examine sexual health-related care needs among patients/survivors diagnosed with cancer during young adulthood (age: 18–39 years). The prevalence and types needs were assessed along with associated patient factors. METHODS: Four major databases were screened to identify relevant studies, which were also assessed for risk of bias; all following PRISMA guidelines. RESULTS: Identified studies (N = 35) often assessed sexual health-related care needs by whether participants experienced a generic need for support from providers. The prevalence of such needs ranged between 8 and 61.7% and was higher in female survivors and those with more health impairments. The type of diagnosis could also play a role in these varying prevalence rates, but was not systematically tested in included studies. Types of sexual health-related care needs were clustered into practical/emotional support needs (e.g., coping with physical side effects), information needs (e.g., more details), and communication needs (e.g., providers should initiate conversations, validate concerns, be empathetic/open). Needs should be addressed in-person and/or online. CONCLUSIONS: The extent of needs related to sexual health varies among young adult patients and survivors, but types of needs center around improving provision of support and information by providers. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: Sexual health should routinely be addressed alongside other potential effects of cancer treatment to allow for constructive conversations between patients and providers. Referrals to (online) resources or specialists should be tailored to individual preferences. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11764-021-01084-w. Springer US 2021-10-20 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9300501/ /pubmed/34669141 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11764-021-01084-w Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis 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/) .
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title_short Sexual health-related care needs among young adult cancer patients and survivors: a systematic literature review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9300501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34669141
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