An Internet Delivered Intervention for Re-Adjustment to Sexual Intimacy With an Ostomy After Cancer

Change in perceived self efficacy in coping with sexual and intimate changes from four different time points

时间窗: This questionnaire will be completed by participants at T0 (baseline), T1 (within 1-week after intervention), T2 (1-month after intervention), and T3 (3-months after intervention)

Sexual Self-Efficacy: A 3-item questionnaire for assessing individual's perceived self-efficacy in coping with sexual and intimate change in the context of cancer. Respondents rate their level of confidence in coping with these changes on a scale of 0-100 (0 = cannot do at all, 100 = highly certain can do).

Change in communication about sex from four different time points

时间窗: This questionnaire will be completed by participants at T0 (baseline), T1 (within 1-week after intervention), T2 (1-month after intervention), and T3 (3-months after intervention)

Dyadic Sexual Communication Scale (DSC): The DSC scale is a 13-item scale that measures how respondents perceive the discussion of sexual matters with their partners. Items are rated on a 6-point Likert type scale (1 = Disagree Strongly, 6 = Agree Strongly).

Change in mutual identity from four different time points

时间窗: This questionnaire will be completed by participants at T0 (baseline), T1 (within 1-week after intervention), T2 (1-month after intervention), and T3 (3-months after intervention)

Inclusion of Other In Self Scale (IOSS): The IOSS is a one-item, visual measure of the degree to which one views one's partner as being part of one's self-concept. Respondents choose one of seven Venn-diagram type images that represent varying degrees of mutual identity. Higher scores represent greater degrees of self-other overlap in identity.

Change in relational identity or closeness from four different time points

时间窗: This questionnaire will be completed by participants at T0 (baseline), T1 (within 1-week after intervention), T2 (1-month after intervention), and T3 (3-months after intervention)

"We-ness" Questionnaire: A measure of the degree partner's perceive themselves more as being a unit ("we/us") than two separate identities ("I/me" or "you/him/her"), which encompassed an intertwined structure of affective, cognitive, and behavioural facets. The questionnaire includes 16-items about facets of couples' mutual identity and respondents use a 5-point Likert scale to rate the degree to which these facets contribute to their sense of mutual identity in their current relationship. Higher scores represent a greater sense of shared identity.

Change in sexual functioning from four different time points

时间窗: This questionnaire will be completed by participants at T0 (baseline), T1 (within 1-week after intervention), T2 (1-month after intervention), and T3 (3-months after intervention)

Sexual Functioning Questionnaire (SFQ): A measure sexual functioning developed specifically for cancer patients and their partners. This measure includes 22 scored items and nine subscales related to different areas of concern (i.e., Interest, Desire, Arousal, Satisfaction, Activity, Orgasm, Masturbation, Relationship, and Problems). For these subscales, higher scores represent better functioning. The optional 5-item Health Impact Scale assess the impact of cancer on the patient's sexual functioning and can be adapted for the partner. For the Health Impact subscale, higher scores represent greater impact.