فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background: Sexual function refers to a major aspect of health affecting the quality of life in breast cancer patients. Sexual dysfunction (SD) creates high psychological pressures. Objective: The current research aimed to investigate the frequency of SD and its associated factors in post-mastectomy women. Results: The mean age of 104 participants in this study was 47.33 ± 9.03 years and 91 patients (87.5%) diagnosed with SD. The highest frequency was related to desire and arousal disorders (69.2 and 64.4%, respectively) and the lowest to sexual satisfaction disorder (26.9%). The correlation test results indicate that there was a positive significant relationship between income and sexual function at the confidence level of 95% (r = 0.20, P = 0.05). Conclusions: High outbreak of SD in these patients suggest that the therapists involved in oncology should ask the patients about their sexual problems and do thorough evaluations; in addition to guide the patients, they should provide them with required training in order to enable them to manage these problems .