A systematic review of sexuality and depression of cervical cancer patients.
By: Ioanna Tsatsou, Efi Parpa, Eleni Tsilika, Stylianos Katsaragakis, Chrysanthi Batistaki, Eleni Dimitriadou, Kyriaki Mystakidou

a Hellenic Airforce General Hospital , Oncology Hematology Dept. , P. Kanellopoulou 3 St. , 11523 , Athens , Greece .
2019-4-26; doi: 10.1080/0092623X.2019.1610125
Abstract

Objectives

To investigate the correlation between sexuality and depression of CC patients.

Methods

Bibliographical search was carried out in the databases: CINAHL, Pubmed, Cochrane Library, with the following terms: sexuality, sexual function, sexual dysfunction, sexual problems, mood, depression, emotional distress, cervical cancer, in English for the years 2006-2017.

Results

Fourteen studies were included. They present heterogeneity in the stage of the disease, the selected treatments and their sample. From the studies, only seven are evaluated as good methodologically. Sexual dysfunction and depression of CC patients persist for many years after treatments. The younger women, those who underwent radiotherapy and those who had chronic fatigue, as an aftereffect of treatments, had increased depression. Women that underwent surgery and adjuvant therapy experienced the highest rates of depressive symptoms. There is a positive relationship between sexuality and depression in patients with CC.

Conclusions

Sexuality and depression οf women with CC are affected by their therapies to a significant extent. There is a positive correlation between the two variables. The existing methodologically good studies are scarce and for this reason the results cannot be generalized in all CC patients.





PMID:31018789






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