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The impact of curative cancer treatment on sexual health – clinical results from the EORTC QLQ-SH22 validation study

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    • بيانات النشر:
      Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2024.
    • الموضوع:
      2024
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      BACKGROUND: The European Organization of Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) has recently developed and validated a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) for sexual health (SH) in cancer patients. Here, we present results from a secondary analysis of the EORTC QLQ-SH22 validation study. The objective was to investigate the impact of cancer treatment on SH over the disease trajectory into survivorship in patients who underwent curative treatment. METHODS: Participants completed the EORTC QLQ-SH22 and the EORTC QLQ-C30 assessing SH and Quality of Life. We analyzed differences in SH of patients on active cancer treatment compared to patients off-treatment (cross sectional group comparison) as well as changes in SH during the course of treatment (from pre-treatment to follow-up). RESULTS: Our sample consisted of n = 394 (66.2% females) curatively treated cancer patients with 34% of patients being on-treatment and 66% of patients being in their follow-up after primary treatment (off-treatment group). Compared to patients off- treatment, patients on active cancer treatment experienced less sexual satisfaction (p = .021, Cohen’s d = .36) and libido (p
    • ISSN:
      1471-2407
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1186/s12885-024-13123-7
    • Rights:
      CC BY NC ND
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    • الرقم المعرف:
      edsair.doi.dedup.....cc31b986b9929ecce0ded5705efac440