Sexual functioning in long‐term survivors of Hodgkin's lymphoma

Recklitis, Christopher J.; Varela, Veronica Sanchez; Ng, Andrea K.; Mauch, Peter; Bober, Sharon L.

doi:10.1002/pon.1679

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“…This study contributes new knowledge in this field, since the AYA cancer survivors in this study actually do express lower satisfaction with their sexual functions than the control group of the study. However, the results in this study are incongruent with some previous studies that included a control group but reported no significant difference between the study groups and the controls [12,30].…”

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“…A total of 122 participants declined participation, and 67 did not complete the questionnaire. The study group consisted of 285 survivors of cancer during adolescence and young adulthood, with the mean age of 28 (range [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35], and the control group consisted of 255 participants with the mean age of 28 (range [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. There were no differences between the groups, except regarding education, where the controls had a significantly higher educational level than the cancer survivors.…”

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Sexual function in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors—a population-based study

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Purpose Previous research has established that treatments for cancer can result in short-and long-term effects on sexual function in adult cancer patients. The purpose was to investigate patient-reported physical and psychosexual complications in adolescents and young adults after they have undergone treatment for cancer. Methods In this population-based study, a study-specific questionnaire was developed by a method used in several previous investigations carried out by our research group, Clinical Cancer Epidemiology. The questionnaire was developed in collaboration with adolescent and young adult cancer survivors (15-29 years) and validated by professionals from oncology units, midwives, epidemiologists, and statisticians. The topics covered in the questionnaire were psychosocial health, body image, sexuality, fertility, education, work, and leisure. The web-based questionnaire was sent to adolescent and young adult cancer survivors and matched controls in Sweden. Results In this study, adolescent and young adult cancer survivors (15-29 years) showed low satisfaction regarding sexual function compared to controls (P < 0.01). Female adolescent and young adult cancer survivors had a statistically significant lower frequency of orgasm during sexual activity than the controls (P < 0.01). Male adolescent and young adult cancer survivors had statistically significant lower sexual desire than the controls (P = 0.04). Conclusions We found that adolescent and young adult cancer survivors perceived themselves as being less satisfied with their sexual function than matched population-based controls. Implications for Cancer Survivors Adolescent and young adult cancer survivors need psychological rehabilitation support from the health care profession during and after cancer treatment to help them to reduce their reported poor sexual function to enhance a good sexual quality of life.

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Sexual function in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors—a population-based study

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“…No association with time since diagnosis, disease stage, or CT were detected (Recklitis et al , 2010). Compared with this study, the strength of our analysis is the fact that we had information on SX and patient characteristics before starting treatment.…”

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“…Long-term sexual dysfunction has been documented in patients with solid tumours (Schover 2005; Webber et al , 2011). In contrast, only few data are available for SX in lymphoma survivors and most of them are limited to the follow-up period (Kornblith et al , 1992a; Kornblith et al , 1992b; Abrahamsen et al , 1998; Heutte et al , 2009; Kiserud et al , 2009; Recklitis et al , 2010). In our analysis, having information on SX and patients characteristics already before starting treatment allows an investigation of possible correlations between these characteristics and SX independently of Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL) therapy.…”

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Sexual quality of life in Hodgkin Lymphoma: a longitudinal analysis by the German Hodgkin Study Group

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Background:Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) comprises different domains of physical, mental, and social well-being. In this analysis, we focus on sexual quality of life in Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL) patients.Methods:Four-thousand one-hundred and sixty patients enroled in the HD10–HD12 trials underwent HRQoL assessment. Instruments included the Quality of Life Questionnaire for survivors (QLQ-S), combining the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30, Multidimensional fatigue (FA) inventory (MFI-20) and an additional sexual functioning (SX) scale. We describe SX up to 27 months after therapy and analyse relationship to stage, age, gender, FA, social functioning, and therapy. Statistical methods range from descriptive statistics to a classification of SX courses, and a longitudinal structural equations model with full information maximum likelihood estimation of missing data. In the analysis, a score below 50 was used to describe severe sexual dysfunction.Results:Three-thousand two-hundred and eight patients provided data on SX. Patients in advanced stages reported lower SX than patients in early stages both, before and after the treatment. During follow-up, an improvement of SX compared with baseline was detected, except for those ⩾50 years. Patients in early stages reached normal SX, whereas advanced-stage patients remained below the reference value for healthy controls. Sexual functioning during follow-up was significantly and strongly related to previous SX, other HRQoL measures, age, and stage, and to lesser degree with gender and chemotherapy.Conclusion:Overall, HL patients have a decreased sexual quality of life at baseline, which improves after therapy and normalises in early-stage patients. Importantly, long-term SX is more closely related to patient characteristics and SX at baseline than to the intensity of treatment.

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“…Up until today, only a few cross‐sectional studies have reported on sexual problems among female HL survivors with 65% reporting decreased sexual activity and 56% decreased sexual interest (Recklitis et al . ). In patients with HL, sexual function is associated with POF (Schover , Graziottin , Millheiser et al .…”

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Fertility and sexual function in female Hodgkin lymphoma survivors of reproductive age

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Sexual functioning in long‐term survivors of Hodgkin's lymphoma

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References 21 publications

Sexual function in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors—a population-based study

Sexual function in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors—a population-based study

Sexual quality of life in Hodgkin Lymphoma: a longitudinal analysis by the German Hodgkin Study Group

Fertility and sexual function in female Hodgkin lymphoma survivors of reproductive age

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