OBJECTIVE: The study was conducted to determine the sexual quality of life of healthy women and women with gynecological cancer and to determine the predictors of sexual quality of life in women with gynecological cancer.
METHODS: The research is a hospital-based case-control study was conducted. The study was carried out with 65 patients with histologically confirmed gynecological cancer were compared with 75 controls, who were admitted to the different departments of the same hospital in the Izmir, in western Türkiye.
RESULTS: The Sexual Quality of Life Questionnaire score (SQOL) of cases was 60.12 ± 9.01 and controls was 78.92 ± 7.08. SQOL scores of cases were significantly lower than controls (p < 0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis results showed that age (B = -0.295, p = 0.072), working (B = 4.981, p = 0.016), smoking (B = -4.590, p = 0.035), diagnosed with cervical cancer (B = -4.214, p = 0.045), and receiving chemotherapy (B = -4.722, p = 0.028) were associated with sexual quality of life in women with gynecological cancer (p < 0.05, R2 : 0.40).
CONCLUSIONS: Women with gynecological cancer had lower quality of sex life compared with healthy women. Gynecological cancers negatively affect women\'s sexual quality of life. Health professionals (especially nurses) should be aware of the potential problems that women with gynecological cancer may experience with their sexual lives. They should develop coping strategies and offer solutions for the problems experienced by women with gynecological cancer.
目的:本研究旨在确定健康女性和妇科癌症女性的性生活质量,并确定妇科癌症女性性生活质量的预测因素。
方法:本研究是以医院为基础的病例对照研究。这项研究是对65例经组织学证实的妇科癌症患者与75例对照进行比较,他们住在伊兹密尔同一家医院的不同部门,在蒂尔基耶西部。
结果:病例的性生活质量问卷(SQOL)得分为60.12±9.01,对照组为78.92±7.08。病例的SQOL评分明显低于对照组(p<0.05)。多元线性回归分析结果显示,年龄(B=-0.295,p=0.072),工作(B=4.981,p=0.016),吸烟(B=-4.590,p=0.035),诊断为宫颈癌(B=-4.214,p=0.045),接受化疗(B=-4.722,p=0.028)与妇科癌症患者性生活质量相关(p<0.05,R2:0.40)。
结论:与健康女性相比,患有妇科癌症的女性性生活质量较低。妇科癌症对女性性生活质量有负面影响。卫生专业人员(尤其是护士)应该意识到患有妇科癌症的女性可能在性生活中遇到的潜在问题。他们应该制定应对策略,并为妇科癌症妇女遇到的问题提供解决方案。