Patients' perceived barriers to discussing sexual health with breast cancer healthcare providers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We characterized barriers reported by women with breast cancer (BC) regarding clinical discussions of sexual health, clustered women by their endorsement of these barriers, and compared these groups.

Methods

BC outpatients (N = 144; M age = 56, 67% White) in a sexual health communication intervention study provided baseline data. Exploratory factor analysis characterized sexual health communication barriers on a standardized measure. Hierarchical cluster analysis detected patient groups with similar response patterns on these factors. ANOVAs, Chi-Square and Fisher's Exact tests compared groups on socio-demographic/medical factors, sexual health communication self-efficacy and outcome expectancies, general clinical self-efficacy, sexual concerns, emotional distress

SUBMITTER: Zimmaro LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7500072 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature