Physical and psychosocial factors associated with sexual satisfaction in long-term cancer survivors 5 and 10 years after diagnosis

Autor: Svenja Heyne, Sabine Taubenheim, Andreas Dietz, Florian Lordick, Heide Götze, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-28496-1
Popis: Abstract Our study provides data on sexual satisfaction among long-term cancer survivors 5 and 10 years after diagnosis, and identifies factors detrimental (e.g. psychosocial and physical symptom burden) or beneficial (e.g. social support) to survivors’ sexual satisfaction. We measured sexual satisfaction among cancer survivors recruited via the local clinical cancer registry across a wide range of tumor sites 5 years (cohort 1) and 10 years (cohort 2) after diagnosis. We further assessed chronic comorbidity index (CCI) and symptom scales (EORTC QLQ-C30), depression (PHQ-9) and anxiety (GAD-7), satisfaction with partnership (PFB), quality of life (EORTC QLQ-C30), and social support (OSSS). 924 patients (5‐year cohort = 608/10‐year cohort = 316) participated in the study (53% men, 80% cohabiting, mean age 66 years, range 18–85). We found that nearly half of the respondents perceived their sexual life as less satisfying than before cancer. High sexual satisfaction was associated with a low chronic comorbidities index (r = − 0.27, p
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