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Sexual Function, Body Image and Quality of Life of Women with Advanced Cancer
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Background: Few studies have focused exclusively on the sexuality and body image of women
with advanced cancer and the physical and emotional impact of cancer treatment on sexual
function.
Objective: This study aimed to examine sexual dysfunction, quality of life (QOL) and body image
in women with stage III-IV breast, colorectal, and gynecologic cancer.
Methods: Sixty women completed the Female Sexual Function Index, the Body Image Scale, the
European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire and
the Beck Depression Inventory. A Spearman correlation test was conducted to examine the
associations among scale scores.
Results: Body image problems were inversely associated with global QOL (rs= − 0.357, p= 0.006)
and functional scores (rs = − 0.489, p < 0.001), and positively associated with cancer symptom
severity (rs = 0.394, p = 0.002). Body image problems were inversely associated with satisfaction
with sexual life for both sexually active (rs = − 0.576, p = 0.005) and inactive women (rs = − 0.377,
p = 0.023). In sexually active women, poor body image was inversely associated with sexual
function (rs = − 0.544, p = 0.009), but unrelated to global QOL (rs = 0.304, p = 0.181).
Conclusions: More than quantifying sexual dysfunction, it is important to understand the
reasons for disruption in sexual activity. The absence of an association between sexual function
and QOL and the association between body image and QOL suggest that QOL and sexual function
are distinct experiences, and that QOL scales are not enough to detect treatment-induced sexual
changes, which are not addressed by health professionals.
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Cancer; Sexuality; Advanced Cancer; Sexual Dysfunction; Women; Portugal
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Campos, L.S., De Nardi, S.P., Limberger, L.F. et al. Sexual Function, Body Image and Quality of Life of Women with Advanced Cancer. Sex Disabil 40, 141–151 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11195-021-09722-y