Muzzatti Barbara, Giovannini Lorena, Flaiban Cristiana, Annunziata Maria Antonietta
SOS di Psicologia Oncologica - IRCCS Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (PN), Italy.
G Ital Med Lav Ergon. 2012 Apr-Jun;34(2 Suppl B):B12-6.
Long-term cancer survivorship is a reality for a growing number of persons diagnosed with cancer and this fact justifies the great effort made to know and to improve quality of life (QoL) after having experienced a cancer and its treatments. In this paper, the perception of both sexuality and intimacy--that represents a QoL domain--is investigated in a sample of long-term cancer survivors to identify potential problematic areas and to verify its association with the main socio-demographic and clinical variables.
96 long-term cancer survivors (i.e. persons free from cancer and its treatments for at least 5 years) filled out a brief questionnaire together with a socio-demographic and clinical form.
17.7% of the sample reported lower interest in sexuality and intimacy; 34.3% more interest in tenderness and cuddles; 12.5% discomfort in intimacy; 30.2% decreased frequency of sexual intercourses; 28.2%, 23.9% and 22.9%, respectively, decreased sexual desire, difficulty with arousal, difficulty with orgasm; finally, 37.5% reported absent or poor satisfaction for their own sexual life. The perception of sexuality and intimacy was associated with gender, age, occupational status, cancer type, other health problems, organic/functional genital damage (p < 0.05), but not with education, marital status, having or not children, length of survivorship.
Although preliminary, these data seem to support World Health Organization statement on the centrality of sexuality of being human.
对于越来越多被诊断患有癌症的人来说，长期癌症存活已成为现实，这一事实证明了人们为了解和改善经历癌症及其治疗后的生活质量（QoL）所付出的巨大努力。在本文中，我们对一组长期癌症幸存者样本中的性与亲密关系（这是生活质量的一个领域）认知进行了调查，以确定潜在的问题领域，并验证其与主要社会人口统计学和临床变量之间的关联。
96名长期癌症幸存者（即至少5年未患癌症且未接受治疗的人）填写了一份简短问卷以及一份社会人口统计学和临床情况表格。
17.7%的样本表示对性与亲密关系的兴趣降低；34.3%对温柔和拥抱更感兴趣；12.5%在亲密关系方面感到不适；30.2%的性交频率降低；分别有28.2%、23.9%和22.9%的人性欲下降、难以唤起性欲、难以达到性高潮；最后，37.5%的人表示对自己的性生活不满意或满意度低。性与亲密关系的认知与性别、年龄、职业状况、癌症类型、其他健康问题、器质性/功能性生殖器损伤相关（p<0.05），但与教育程度、婚姻状况、有无子女、存活时间无关。
尽管这些数据是初步的，但似乎支持了世界卫生组织关于性是人类核心的声明。
