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Trial reportSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2024

Sexual health counseling improves the sexual satisfaction of breast cancer survivors: a randomized controlled trial.

Fatemeh Razeghi Haghighi, Mahshid Bokaie, Reyhane Sefidkar, Behnaz Enjezab

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Trial report in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. The effects of staged sexual health education on sexual and mental health in breast cancer patients: a randomized controlled study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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Fatemeh Razeghi HaghighiStudent Research Committee, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-8596-213X
Mahshid BokaieResearch Center for Nursing and Midwifery Care, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Institute, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7196-813X
Reyhane SefidkarCenter for Healthcare Data Modeling, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2395-8265
Behnaz EnjezabResearch Center for Nursing and Midwifery Care, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Institute, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Behnaz_enjezab@ssu.ac.ir.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8653-0034

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeBreast cancer and its treatments can cause sexual problems both physically and psychologically by the changes it brings. This study aimed to investigate the effect of sexual health counseling based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on the sexual satisfaction of women with chemotherapy-induced menopause (CIM) in breast cancer survivors.

methodsSeventy women with CIM were randomly divided into two intervention (N = 34) and control (N = 36) groups. The intervention group attended eight sessions of 90-min sexual health counseling based on ACT. The control group received an educational booklet. The Sexual Satisfaction Scale for Women(SSS-W), the Sexual Quality of Life-Female questionnaire(SQOL-F), and the Menopause Rating Scale(MRS) were used to collect data before, after, and 1 month after the intervention in both groups.

resultsThe mean score of sexual satisfaction (F = 45.67, P < 0.001) and sexual quality of life (F = 33.39, P < 0.001) were significantly higher after the intervention and follow-up than before intervention in the intervention group. Also, the mean score of menopausal symptoms was significantly lower after the intervention and follow-up than before intervention in the intervention group (F = 11.80, P < 0.001). However, the mean score of sexual satisfaction (F = 0.02, P = 0.98), sexual quality of life (F = 0.05, P = 0.94), and menopausal symptoms (F = 0.08, P = 0.92) did not show significant differences before, after, and 1 month after the intervention in the control group.

conclusionsTherefore, sexual health counseling based on ACT seems to have salutary effect on sexual satisfaction, sexual quality of life, and menopausal symptoms of women with breast cancer who experience CIM.

trial registrationThis randomized control trial has been approved by Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials, IRCT20230105057055N1 at 2023-01-29.

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Breast NeoplasmsCancer SurvivorsQuality of LifeSexual HealthAdultCounselingFemaleHumansMenopauseMiddle AgedPersonal SatisfactionSexual BehaviorSurveys and QuestionnairesAcceptance and commitment therapyBreast cancerChemotherapy-induced menopauseSex counselingSexual satisfaction

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