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Sexual health—a topic for cancer patients receiving oncological treatment with palliative intent.
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- المؤلفون: Schmalz, Claudia; Oberguggenberger, Anne S.; Nagele, Eva; Bliem, Brigitte; Lanceley, Anne; Nordin, Andy; Kuljanic, Karin; Jensen, Pernille T.; Bjelic-Radisic, Vesna; Fabian, Alexander; Arraras, Juan I.; Wei-Chu, Chie; Creutzberg, Carien L.; Galalae, Razvan; Toelen, Hilde; Zimmermann, Kristin; Costantini, Anna; Almont, Thierry; Serpentini, Samantha; Frøding, Ligita Paskeviciute
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BMC Palliative Care; 7/29/2024, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p1-7, 7p
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Objectives: Sexuality is an important dimension of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in cancer patients. Studies evidence that most patients report impairments of their sexual health related to their disease or its treatment. The Quality of Life Group of the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) developed a patient reported outcome measure assessing multidimensional aspects of sexual health. The validation study for this instrument revealed heterogenous results for patients in palliative oncological treatment. The aim of this secondary analyses is to examine differences in patient related sexual health outcomes between palliative patients with good performance status (GPS) and those with poor performance status (PPS). Methods: In this observational cohort study, self-reported sexual health issue scores were compared between the two groups of patients in palliative oncological treatment with GPS vs PPS status. Results: Patients with GPS experienced significantly more sexual satisfaction than patients with PPS (p = 0.015). They reported significantly more treatment effects on their sexual activity (p = 0.005) and suffer more from decreased libido (p = 0.008). Patients with PPS reported significantly more fatigue (p = 0.03) and regarded preservation of sexual activity of higher importance than did patients with GPS (p = 0.049). Conclusions: Our study demonstrates the importance of sexuality for patients in palliative oncological treatment, especially for those with limited performance status. Considering the patients´ perspective, sexual health reaches beyond physical functioning. Patients in a palliative phase of disease report high levels of psychosexual problems while sexual performance deteriorates. Sexuality is an important aspect of HRQOL for these patients, needs to be addressed by health care providers and sensitively integrated into palliative care plans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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