Sexuality of Women With Pelvic Cancer

Completed

• Conditions: Pelvic Cancer; Sexual Behavior
• Interventions: Other: Questionnaires

• Registration Number: NCT04070950
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Bordeaux

Brief Summary

This study aims to study in patients with cancer of the cervix or the body of the uterus, or the ovary between the time of diagnosis and 3 months after the end of the last treatment: the evolution of the relationship of couple, and more particularly of communication (verbal and non-verbal) concerning sexuality, before and during cancer.

Detailed Description

The representations associated with sexuality and cancer seem antinomic: wellbeing / death, and yet combine in the experience of cancer. The latter has an impact on sexuality in terms of satisfaction or sexual activity and on the relationship in terms of support.

In addition, various studies show the psychological impact of treatments on the couple's relationship or the body image of women with cancer. Their abilities to seduce are affected and explain the decrease of their sexual activity during the treatments: a communication, valuing the femininity, would it then facilitate the relations of couple? There is no work that considers sexuality in a systematic way (sexual act and verbal and non-verbal communication) and apprehends its link with the evolution of the relationship, from the diagnosis of cancer to the end of treatments.

This study aims to study in patients with cancer of the cervix or the body of the uterus, or the ovary between the time of diagnosis and 3 months after the end of the last treatment: the evolution of the relationship of couple, and more particularly of communication (verbal and non-verbal) concerning sexuality, before and during cancer.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2010-05-20
• Study Completion: 2010-05-20
• Status Verified: 2019-08
• Study First Submitted: 2019-08-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-08-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-08-26
• Study First Posted: 2019-08-28
• Last Update Posted: 2019-08-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Age ≥ 18 years
• Life in a couple or single with a regular partner for at least 3 months
• Cancer of the cervix or uterine body or ovarian cancer, in first diagnosis and treatment
• Whatever the stage of cancer
• Curative treatment
• Support in one of the participating centers
• Possible follow-up of all stages of the research

Exclusion Criteria

• Presence of metastases
• History of other cancer
• History of severe psychiatric illness

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Single group	Questionnaires	Interview of patients with cancer of the cervix or uterine body, or ovary between the time of diagnosis and 3 months after the end of their last cancer treatment (not the object of the study).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Evaluation of sexual activity	3 months after the end of therapeutic treatment (not the object of the study)	Questionnaire SAQ : Sexual Activity Questionnaire, contains 21 items divided into three parts: the first part allows to know if a woman is sexually active or not, the second part allows to define the reasons for this activity or its absence. The third part of the questionnaire filled out by sexually active women aims to explore the pleasure generated by sex (desire, satisfaction, frequency), discomfort during intercourse, especially due to vaginal dryness and pain as well as the habits of the patient before the illness.