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Impact of Cervical Cancer on Quality of Life and Sexuality in Female Survivors

Cervical cancer is the fourth most frequent cancer in women worldwide, and the 11th most frequent neoplasm in Spain. Despite the optimization of treatments and a 5-year survival rate of 70%, side effects and sequelae are described after treatment. The treatments have physical, psychological and soci...

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Autores principales: Membrilla-Beltran, Lucia, Cardona, Diana, Camara-Roca, Laura, Aparicio-Mota, Adrian, Roman, Pablo, Rueda-Ruzafa, Lola
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9961044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36834444
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043751
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author Membrilla-Beltran, Lucia
Cardona, Diana
Camara-Roca, Laura
Aparicio-Mota, Adrian
Roman, Pablo
Rueda-Ruzafa, Lola
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Cardona, Diana
Camara-Roca, Laura
Aparicio-Mota, Adrian
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description Cervical cancer is the fourth most frequent cancer in women worldwide, and the 11th most frequent neoplasm in Spain. Despite the optimization of treatments and a 5-year survival rate of 70%, side effects and sequelae are described after treatment. The treatments have physical, psychological and sociocultural consequences that deteriorate the quality of life of patients. One of the sequelae that worries patients is the impairment of sexual function and satisfaction, considered a fundamental dimension of the human being. The aim of this study was to examine quality of life and sexual function and satisfaction among Spanish cervical cancer survivors. A retrospective case-control study was conducted between 2019 and 2022. The sample consisted of 66 patients who completed the Female Sexual Function Index, the Golombok Rust Sexual Satisfaction Inventory and European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire. The control group consisted of women without cervical cancer and gynecological pathologies obtained using the so-called online virtual sampling method. The patient group consisted of women with cervical cancer who completed treatment. Cervical cancer survivors reported sexual dysfunction and impaired sexual satisfaction in almost half of the domains. Quality of life was also affected, with pain and fatigue being the most frequent symptoms in these patients. Our results indicate that there is dysfunction, sexual dissatisfaction and a lower level of quality of life in cervical cancer survivors than in healthy women without pathology.
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spelling pubmed-99610442023-02-26 Impact of Cervical Cancer on Quality of Life and Sexuality in Female Survivors Membrilla-Beltran, Lucia Cardona, Diana Camara-Roca, Laura Aparicio-Mota, Adrian Roman, Pablo Rueda-Ruzafa, Lola Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Cervical cancer is the fourth most frequent cancer in women worldwide, and the 11th most frequent neoplasm in Spain. Despite the optimization of treatments and a 5-year survival rate of 70%, side effects and sequelae are described after treatment. The treatments have physical, psychological and sociocultural consequences that deteriorate the quality of life of patients. One of the sequelae that worries patients is the impairment of sexual function and satisfaction, considered a fundamental dimension of the human being. The aim of this study was to examine quality of life and sexual function and satisfaction among Spanish cervical cancer survivors. A retrospective case-control study was conducted between 2019 and 2022. The sample consisted of 66 patients who completed the Female Sexual Function Index, the Golombok Rust Sexual Satisfaction Inventory and European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire. The control group consisted of women without cervical cancer and gynecological pathologies obtained using the so-called online virtual sampling method. The patient group consisted of women with cervical cancer who completed treatment. Cervical cancer survivors reported sexual dysfunction and impaired sexual satisfaction in almost half of the domains. Quality of life was also affected, with pain and fatigue being the most frequent symptoms in these patients. Our results indicate that there is dysfunction, sexual dissatisfaction and a lower level of quality of life in cervical cancer survivors than in healthy women without pathology. MDPI 2023-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9961044/ /pubmed/36834444 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043751 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Aparicio-Mota, Adrian
Roman, Pablo
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title_fullStr Impact of Cervical Cancer on Quality of Life and Sexuality in Female Survivors
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title_short Impact of Cervical Cancer on Quality of Life and Sexuality in Female Survivors
title_sort impact of cervical cancer on quality of life and sexuality in female survivors
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9961044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36834444
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043751
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