Sexual distress among men with cancer - a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Many men with cancer experience that changes created by cancer and its treatment may impair sexual function. However, many studies investigating sexual impairments fail to consider whether such impairments are perceived as distressing, i.e. create sexual distress. We investigated the prevalence of sexual distress, overlap with sexual impairment, and sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and other symptoms associated with sexual distress in a heterogeneous male cancer population.

Patients and methods

Across cancer diagnoses, 2792 men in treatment or follow up at the Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, were invited. The Sexual Complaint Screener (SCS) assessed sexual impairments and sexual distress. Regression analyses estimated the associati

SUBMITTER: Nahavandipour J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11833328 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature