Guner Ozlem, Gumussoy Sureyya, Celik Nigar, Saruhan Aynur, Kavlak Oya
Dr. Ozlem Guner, Department of Women's Health and Gynecology, Faculty of Nursing, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
Dr. Sureyya Gumussoy, Department of Women's Health and Gynecology, Faculty of Nursing, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
Pak J Med Sci. 2018 Jan-Feb;34(1):15-19. doi: 10.12669/pjms.341.14241.
This study was planned as a descriptive study for the purpose of examining the sexual functions of patients' who underwent a gynecological operation and received brachytherapy.
The study was conducted with 118 women who attended the Radiation Oncology Unit at Ege University Medical Faculty Hospital in Izmir Province for Gynecological Oncology follow-up, who participated voluntarily and were assigned using the random sampling method. The participants were married, sexually active, had a diagnosis of gynecologic cancer, underwent an operation and received brachytherapy for four months after the operation. The Individual Identification Form and Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) were used as the data collection tools.
The average age of women who participated in study was 50.90±7.98 and 41.5% of them had completed primary school. About 60% of the participants had cervical cancer and 69.5% had a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy. The FSFI average score was determined to be 15.77±8.71. It was found that 97.5% of the participants received fewer than 30 points from the scale and these participants thus experienced sexual dysfunction.
According to the findings obtained from the study, almost all thewomen that had an operation as a result of adiagnosis of gynecologic cancer and received brachytherapy experienced sexual dysfunction.
本研究计划作为一项描述性研究，旨在检查接受妇科手术并接受近距离放射治疗的患者的性功能。
该研究对118名女性进行，这些女性前往伊兹密尔省埃杰大学医学院医院放射肿瘤学科室进行妇科肿瘤随访，她们自愿参与并采用随机抽样方法进行分配。参与者均已婚，有性生活，被诊断为妇科癌症，接受了手术，并在术后四个月接受了近距离放射治疗。使用个人识别表和女性性功能指数（FSFI）作为数据收集工具。
参与研究的女性平均年龄为50.90±7.98岁，其中41.5%完成了小学教育。约60%的参与者患有宫颈癌，69.5%接受了全腹子宫切除术及双侧输卵管卵巢切除术。FSFI平均得分为15.77±8.71。发现97.5%的参与者在该量表上得分低于30分，因此这些参与者存在性功能障碍。
根据该研究获得的结果，几乎所有因诊断为妇科癌症而接受手术并接受近距离放射治疗的女性都存在性功能障碍。
