Understanding Sexual Help-Seeking for Women With Breast Cancer: What Distinguishes Women Who Seek Help From Those Who Do Not?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sexual problems are extremely common for women after breast cancer (BC).

Aim

To determine, in a sample of BC outpatients, how commonly women sought help for sexual concerns, from a health care provider (HCP), from other individuals, or from alternate sources; and to examine whether help-seeking was associated with women's sexual function/activity, self-efficacy for clinical communication about sexual health, or sociodemographic/medical characteristics.

Methods

BC patients participating in a sexual/menopausal health communication intervention trial completed web-based baseline self-report surveys. One-way analysis of variances compared effects of the level of sexual help-seeking (none; 1 outlet; 2-3 outlets) on sexual function domains. Chi-square or t-tests

SUBMITTER: Reese JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7756247 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature