A short CBT intervention for sexual rehabilitation among women receiving radiotherapy with gynecological cancer: A pilot study.
- Conditions
- Gynaecological oncology100385941004048010013356
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON38516
- Lead Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 12
In order to be eligible to participate in this study women have to be treated with external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy for gynaecological cancer at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) or Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam (EMC), completing their treatment between September 2013 and March 2014. Patients have to be older than 20 years old. Patients with partner must have participated in a sexual relationship for at least 3 months and be sexually active before treatment. We expect that sexual functioning and distress will be affected by the patient*s age. In the scope of this study it will not be attainable to include two homogenous samples of two age groups (20-50 and > 50).
A potential participant who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language or living abroad. In order to offer patients with psychiatric disorders comparable treatment, they will be referred to a senior psychologist or sexologist working at the patient*s own university hospital (at least one available in each centre). Patients* own radiation oncologists will screen potential subjects on the exclusion criteria during the time of diagnosis.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Frequency of dilator use, sexual functioning, sexual distress.<br /><br>Atrophy, dryness, fibrosis, stenosis and vaginal shortening.<br /><br>Feasability of vaginal dilation intervention.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Fears of sexuality and cancer, vaginal symptoms and self-image, anxiety,<br /><br>relationship dissatisfaction</p><br>