RT Journal Article
T1 Quality of life and sexual satisfaction in women with breast cancer undergoing a surgical treatment and in their male partners
A1 Martins, Renato
A1 Otero Otero, Patricia
A1 Torres Iglesias, Ángela J.
A1 Vázquez González, Fernando Lino
K1 Breast cancer
K1 Surgical treatment
K1 Quality of life
K1 Sexual satisfaction
K1 Partner
AB This study aimed to determine the quality of life and sexual satisfaction in a sample of389 women with breast cancer who underwent a surgical treatment and 366 men who were thesewomen’s partners. The sample was recruited from the Portuguese League Against Cancer by 10trained psychologists who assessed the quality of life and sexual satisfaction of the participants. Dataon the sociodemographic variables, diagnosis and treatment in the female participants, relationshipwith their partner, anxiety and depression, and body image were also collected. It was found that76.6% and 54.2% of the women had low physical and mental health, respectively, while 100% ofpartners had acceptable physical and mental health. The predictors of women’s physical healthwere months since surgery, current treatment, completed treatments, satisfaction with the currentrelationship with their partner, lower anxiety and depression, and better body image. The predictorsof women’s mental health were months since diagnosis and treatment completion, satisfaction withpartner support during the illness, lower anxiety and depression, and better body image. Thepredictors of both physical and mental health of partners were lower anxiety and depression. Inaddition, 88.4% of women and 100% of partners presented with sexual dysfunction. The predictors ofwomen’s sexual satisfaction were being older, satisfaction with their relationship with their partnerbefore the illness, lower anxiety and depression, and better body image. The predictors of sexualsatisfaction of the male partners were psychological/psychiatric support, satisfaction with theircurrent relationship with their partner, and lower anxiety and depression. These findings suggestthat interventions targeted at the quality of life of women and sexual satisfaction with a coupleperspective are needed
PB MDPI
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30812
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/30812
LA eng
NO Martins, R.; Otero, P.; Torres, Á.J.; Vázquez, F.L. Quality of life and sexual satisfaction in women with breast cancer undergoing a surgical treatment and in their male partners. J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11, 6960
DS Minerva
RD 30 abr 2026