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Seyyedzadeh Aghdam N, Moghaddam-Banaem L, Ghofranipour F, Azin S A, Zarei F, Alipour S. Sexual Function and Sexual Relationships of Breast Cancer Survivors in Reproductive ages: A Qualitative Research. Health Educ Health Promot 2023; 11 (1) :1001-1010
URL: http://hehp.modares.ac.ir/article-5-67063-en.html
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Nafiseh Seyyedzadeh Aghdam1, Lida Moghaddam-Banaem * 
2, Fazlollah Ghofranipour3, Seyed Ali Azin4, Fatemeh Zarei3, Sadaf Alipour5
2, Fazlollah Ghofranipour3, Seyed Ali Azin4, Fatemeh Zarei3, Sadaf Alipour5
1- Department of Reproductive Health and Midwifery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of Reproductive Health and Midwifery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. , moghaddamb@modares.ac.ir
3- Department of Health Education and Promotion, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
4- Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
5- Breast Diseases Research Center, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Surgery, Arash Women's Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of Reproductive Health and Midwifery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. , moghaddamb@modares.ac.ir
3- Department of Health Education and Promotion, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
4- Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
5- Breast Diseases Research Center, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Surgery, Arash Women's Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Objectives: In Iran and many countries of the world, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. This qualitative study is designed to explain the effects of physical and psychological changes following breast cancer and its treatments on the sexual function and sexual relationships of survivors.
Participants and Methods: A qualitative study based on Woods' sexuality theory was conducted from October 2019 to May 2020. Participants included married female breast cancer survivors (aged 20-49) with stage one to three breast cancer who had undergone primary treatment. Data were collected through in-depth and semi-structured individual interviews with 17 patients and an oncology nurse in a teaching hospital affiliated with the Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Tehran. Sampling continued until theoretical data saturation happened. Data analysis was done by Maxqda version 10 software.
Findings: Sexual function in women surviving breast cancer included four categories: sexual desire and arousal, orgasm, sexual pain, the sexual function of spouses, and sexual relationship included two categories: relations and intimacy with spouses; and satisfaction with relations with spouses. Breast cancer and its treatments generally distributed sexual function and relationships and, as a result, the sexual health of the survivors.
Conclusion: The side effects of breast cancer treatments, especially on the sexual function and relationships of the survivors, cause the need to pay attention to these side effects and carry out the necessary interventions for the survivors.
Participants and Methods: A qualitative study based on Woods' sexuality theory was conducted from October 2019 to May 2020. Participants included married female breast cancer survivors (aged 20-49) with stage one to three breast cancer who had undergone primary treatment. Data were collected through in-depth and semi-structured individual interviews with 17 patients and an oncology nurse in a teaching hospital affiliated with the Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Tehran. Sampling continued until theoretical data saturation happened. Data analysis was done by Maxqda version 10 software.
Findings: Sexual function in women surviving breast cancer included four categories: sexual desire and arousal, orgasm, sexual pain, the sexual function of spouses, and sexual relationship included two categories: relations and intimacy with spouses; and satisfaction with relations with spouses. Breast cancer and its treatments generally distributed sexual function and relationships and, as a result, the sexual health of the survivors.
Conclusion: The side effects of breast cancer treatments, especially on the sexual function and relationships of the survivors, cause the need to pay attention to these side effects and carry out the necessary interventions for the survivors.
Keywords: Sexual Function, Sexual Relationship, Breast Cancer, Reproductive Age, Qualitative Research
Article Type: Original Research |
Subject:
Sexual Health Education/Promotion
Received: 2022/12/26 | Accepted: 2023/02/26 | Published: 2023/03/1
Received: 2022/12/26 | Accepted: 2023/02/26 | Published: 2023/03/1
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