ArticleInternational journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being2019
Changes in sexual life experienced by women in Taiwan after receiving treatment for breast cancer.
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- A Narrative Review of the Roles of Nursing in Addressing Sexual Dysfunction in Oncology Patients.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Review
- A Bibliometric Analysis of Research Trends in Spousal Support for Breast Cancer Patients.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Review
- The relationship between psychological distress and cognitive failure among breast cancer survivors: a network analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- "Who am I?" A qualitative meta-synthesis of Chemotherapy-induced alopecia and body image perception in breast cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Review
- The Experience of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Menopausal Symptoms, Sleep Disturbance, and Body Image among Patients with Breast Cancer-A Qualitative Study.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Article
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- Changes and challenges in sexual life experienced by the husbands of women with breast cancer: a qualitative study.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Effects of the Better Model Based Counseling on Sexuality of Women with Breast Cancer.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2022Article
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Abstract
As the number of breast cancer survivors increases, these patients with sexual problems also increase. For breast cancer survivors, sexual problems are a common and painful experience. Although breast cancer survivors often encounter sexual problems, Taiwanese women are culturally conservative and patients rarely discuss sex problems with clinicians. In this study, we used qualitative methods to better understand the changes in sexual life and related care strategies for breast cancer survivors. Twenty interviews were conducted on clinical patients enrolled in hospitals that received breast cancer treatment. The data were analysed by performing a constant comparative analysis. Three themes emerged: the causes of changes in sexual life, internal response strategies and external response strategies. Ten subthemes were identified. Changes in sexual life in patients with breast cancer in this study included changes related to body image, influence of friends and family, age, genital problems, and illegal love of a partner. Breast cancer survivors can tolerate and regulate sexual life changes by adopting internal and external response strategies. Medical staff must be sensitive and must understand strategies for dealing with sexual life changes that may occur during cancer adjustment and how these strategies can help women's well-being in the rest of their lives.
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