ArticleHealth psychology research2021
Sexual Quality of Life in Women with Breast Cancer.
Article in Health psychology research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Sexual health counseling improves the sexual satisfaction of breast cancer survivors: a randomized controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Trial
- Effect of online solution-focused counseling on the sexual quality of life of women with a history of breast cancer: a clinical trial.BMC women's health · 2023Trial
- Sexual Silence in Breast Cancer Survivorship: A Secondary Qualitative Study of Healthcare Practices and Sexual Concerns.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Impact of breast reconstruction on quality of life among women after mastectomy.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2025Article
- Women's lived experiences of intimate partner violence progress after breast cancer: a hermeneutic phenomenological study.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Sexual health in cancer care: a narrative review and position statement from the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM).ESMO open · 2025Review
- Effect of nursing application of emotion freedom technique on perceived stress, resilience and sexual satisfaction among women after mastectomy.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Nurses' knowledge, attitude, and practice toward the sexual health of breast cancer patients.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- An examination of sexual dysfunction in a cohort of women cancer survivors.Cancer survivorship research & care · 2025Article
- Fear of cancer progression and the quality of sexual life of female cancer patients in Romania.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Quality-of-life among women with breast cancer: application of the international classification of functioning, disability and health model.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Exploring the association between sexual motivation and quality of life in China and the United Kingdom.PloS one · 2023Article
- Intimate Partner Violence against Mastectomized Women: Victims' Experiences.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Article
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Abstract
For women with breast cancer, sexual quality of life is one of the most disrupted aspects of life often associated with long-term physical and emotional difficulties. The main goal of this paper is to systematically review the literature to determine the level of sexual quality of life in women with breast cancer considering the individual and combined impact of grade, progression of the disease, type of treatment, body image, degree of depression, and anxiety, self-esteem, and social partner support and to determine whether the perception of the body, level of self-esteem and the presence of depressive and anxiety symptoms differ regarding different types of treatment or the level of partners' social support. Using the PRISMA method, all found literature published in electronic databases PubMed, EBSCO, and Hrcak were reviewed and resulted in 10 relevant scientific and review papers. The results showed that women with breast cancer reported disruption in their sexual quality of life. Among the types of treatment, mastectomy and chemotherapy proved to be the most important, while it is not possible to draw clear conclusions about degree and progression of the disease. Disturbed body image, depressive and anxiety symptoms, lower self-esteem, and inadequate social support of the partner are associated with a lower sexual quality of life. The discussion provides detailed explanations of these results and highlights implications for future research.
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