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- Title
Quality of life and sexual function after cervical cancer: a cross-sectional study.
- Authors
Araújo Correia, Rafaella; Prazeres Marques, Lays Janaina; Laurentino dos Santos, Solange; Vieira do Bonfim, Cristine
- Abstract
Aim: To analyze the quality of life and sexual function of women undergoing treatment for cervical cancer. Methods: A cross-sectional study of hospital-based census, in which a total of 90 women treated for cervical cancer at the Clinic Hospital of Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) in 2015 will be interviewed. The following instruments will be used: WHOQOL-BREF, Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), and an instrument specifically developed for this research to characterize the population to be studied. A descriptive analysis and measures of central tendencies and dispersion, as well as Pearson correlation and Student t-tests will be conducted. The project was approved by the Ethics Committee for Research Involving Human Subjects of the UFPE Health Sciences Center. Expected results: to identify most affected areas of quality of life (QOL) and sexual function in women studied and the most harmful treatment forms.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; CERVIX uteri tumors; ACADEMIC medical centers; CANCER patients; CANCER patient medical care; CANCER treatment; COMBINED modality therapy; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation; SEXUAL health; INTERVIEWING; QUALITY of life; QUESTIONNAIRES; HUMAN sexuality; T-test (Statistics); THERAPEUTIC complications; WOMEN'S health; QUANTITATIVE research; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; SPECIALTY hospitals; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; FUNCTIONAL assessment; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; TUMOR treatment
- Publication
Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing, 2016, Vol 15, p542
- ISSN
1676-4285
- Publication type
Article