The goal of this cross-section observational and questionary based study is to learn how geological cancer survivors perceive sexual health support given by health care professionals during diagnosis and treatment process. The main question to be answered is: Who, when and to what extend should discuss the sexual health issues The participants will answer online survey questions about Sexual health issues and Sexual counselling during diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.
The main aim of the study is to verify who, from medical specialist, should discuss the sexual health issues in gynecological cancer survivors, when that discussion should take places and to what exited all sexual issues should be discusses. The secondary end points are: * to establish factors affecting returning to sexual activities defined as any type of physical contact with a partner engaging sexual organs as well as mutual and solo masturbation. * to verified if gender of counselling specialist is important to patients. The study is a cross-section observation one. It is based on a survey containing questions regarding basic socioeconomical factors, treatment history, reproductive history, and those concerning the opinion who, when, to what extend and how should ask about sexual issues during therapy modalities planning, treatment and follow-up. Women after completing a treatment irrespectively of its type (surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, immune check point inhibitors) will be eligible for the study. Those who are no more sexually active and currently have no sexual partner will also be included. After collecting the date three main analysis will be conducted to answer the study questions. The results will be used as a basic for further work on recommendation on sexual health counselling in gynecological malignancies.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
324
Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Gynaecological Oncology, University Clinical Centre, Medical University of Silesia
Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Who should counsel patients with gynecological malignancies
A set of questions were asked to verify the hypothesis that specialist in gynecological oncology should inform about sexual issues during the treatment ant after its completion. Timing, frequency of counselling and patients' preferences for sexual information sources were established.
Time frame: At least 8 weeks post treatment completion
Gender of gynecological oncologist counselling the patient
A set of questions were ask to verify the hypothesis that in case of cancer choosing the specialist in gynecological oncology in not gender-based but knowledge and skills-based.
Time frame: At least 8 weeks post treatment completion
Returning to sexual activity defining as any sexual contact with a partner or solo masturbation
A set of question were asked to verify factors that might influence returning to sexual activity after treatment completion
Time frame: At least 8 weeks post treatment completion
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