Sexual functioning and the quality of sexual life in patients with colorectal cancer and their partners.
- Conditions
- Sexual function, Sexal dysfunction,Quality of (sexual) life, Colorectal cancer
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON27180
- Lead Sponsor
- Tilburg University
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 600
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients who are diagnosed with colorectal cancer in one of the participating centra, and their partners are asked to participate in this study prior to treatment;
2. Patients have to be between 18 and 75 years old.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Disease recurrence at baseline or metastases;
2. Poor expression in the Dutch language;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The objectives of this study will be to examine:<br /><br>1. The incidence of sexual problems and the extent patients with colorectal cancer are bothered by these problems across time;<br /><br>2. The effect of different treatment options on sexual functioning;<br /><br>3. The association between sexual problems and quality of life;<br /><br>4. The determinants of sexual problems and quality of sexual life adopting the biopsychosocial approach of patients with colorectal cancer who have been treated with surgery, radiation and/or chemotherapy, and more specifically to the role of personality and partner factors and sexual functioning/quality of sexual life.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method