Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing Education Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
BMC Womens Health. 2022 Aug 2;22(1):326. doi: 10.1186/s12905-022-01906-8.
Breast cancer (BC) in women can bring various problems to their marital and family life. Sexual life based on the experiences of the husbands of women diagnosed with BC has not been fully understood. Therefore, this research aimed to explore changes and challenges in sexual life experienced by the husbands of women diagnosed with BC.
A qualitative research was carried out on 18 men whose wives had been diagnosed with BC at reproductive age. They were selected using purposeful sampling and were interviewed using in-depth semi-structured interviews. Collected data were analyzed using the conventional content analysis method.
'Sexual life suspension' was the main theme of this research. Also, 'unfulfilled sexual expectations', 'perceived barriers to satisfy sexual expectations', and 'efforts to adapt to sexual problems' were subthemes.
The husbands of women with BC need support to improve their sexual and marital relationships. Education and counseling about sexual life during the treatment of BC should be incorporated into the healthcare program.
女性乳腺癌(BC)会给她们的婚姻和家庭生活带来各种问题。基于被诊断患有 BC 的女性的丈夫的经历,他们的性生活还没有得到充分的了解。因此,本研究旨在探讨诊断患有 BC 的女性的丈夫所经历的性生活的变化和挑战。
采用目的抽样法,选取 18 名处于生育年龄且妻子被诊断患有 BC 的男性进行定性研究,对他们进行深入的半结构式访谈。采用常规内容分析法对收集到的数据进行分析。
“性生活暂停”是本研究的主要主题,同时,“未满足的性期望”、“满足性期望的感知障碍”和“适应性问题的努力”是子主题。
BC 女性的丈夫需要支持来改善他们的性生活和婚姻关系。应该将 BC 治疗期间的性生活教育和咨询纳入医疗保健计划中。