Exploration of the Relationship Between Sexual Health and Pain in the Context of Cancer in France

University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand1,661 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this observational study is to explore the relationship between pain and sexual health in the context of cancer (cancer patients and cancer survivors). The main question it aims to answer is: \- Does pain interfere with sexual health in cancer patients and cancer survivors?

Participants will be recruited through French cancer patient associations and will be invited to complete an online survey questionnaire, exploring: * Sexual health and sexual satisfaction * Pain severity and impact on daily activities * Neuropathic pain * Migraine * Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy * Quality of life, functioning, and symptoms * Anxiety and depression * Sociodemographic characteristics of patients * Oncological characteristics

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

1,661

Conditions

Pain Cancer Survivorship

Interventions

Pain screeningOTHER

exploration of the relationship between pain and sexual health

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: \- Declaring themselves to be suffering from or having suffered from cancer recruited as such via appropriate communication systems (patient associations and social networks, etc.) Exclusion Criteria: * No command of the French language * Residence outside France (verified with the department of residence in the questionnaire) * Patient Companion * Protected adult

Locations (1)

CHU Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

presence of pain

BPI-SF questionnaire - Brief Pain Inventory short from (scores from 0 to 10 worse)

Time frame: day 1

Sexual satisfaction

SHQ-C22 questionnaire - Sexual Health Questionnaire (Scores from 0 to 100 better)

Time frame: day 1

Secondary Outcomes

Sexual satisfaction

Visual analog scale (Scores from 0 to 10 better)

Time frame: day 1

Quality of the sexual health

SHQ-C22 questionnaire - Sexual Health Questionnaire (Scores from 0 to 100 better to worse depending of the items)

Time frame: day 1

Pain severity and characteristics

BPI-SF questionnaire - Brief Pain Inventory short from (scores from 0 to 10 worse)

Time frame: day 1

Presence of neuropathic pain

DN4 interview questionnaire - neuropathique pain 4 questions (scores from 0 to 7 worse)

Time frame: day 1

Presence of migraine

Items of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (typical headache that lasted 4-72 h without treatment, at least two of four typical headache characteristics (unilateral, pulsatile, pain intensity ≥4/10 on the visual analogue scale for pain, increase in pain with physical activity), at least one of two types of non pain-associated symptoms (nausea and/or vomiting, photophobia, and phonophobia))

Time frame: day 1

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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