Sexual function in women with genital tract cancers referred to selected centers in Tehran

Abstract

Author(s): Sara Moradi, Mansoura Afzali, Farzadnia Farzaneh, Jamileh Abolghasemi and Leila Neisani Samani*

Background: Considering the importance of sexual performance of women with cancer, this study was conducted with the aim of investigating the sexual performance of women with gynecological cancers referred to selected medical centers in Tehran in 2018.

Method: The research population included all women with genital tract cancer referred to selected medical centers in Tehran. A total of 125 infected women were studied. A demographic information questionnaire and the women’s sexual function index (FSFI; Rosen et al., 2000) were used to collect data. Then it was analyzed using descriptive statistics and SPSS-22 software.

Findings: The results of the Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) also showed that the changes in the average score of sexual function in women with genital cancer are statistically insignificant (p>0.05).

The results of variance analysis showed that the differences in all six dimensions of the sexual function questionnaire in women with all three types of genital cancer in this study, which include ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancer, are not different.

Also, the analysis showed that the overall score of the performance questionnaire for these three groups was not significantly different (p>0.05).

Results: The results of this study showed that there is no difference between the overall sexual function and its components in women with genital tract cancer. The type of genital tract cancer has an effect on women’s sexual performance.

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