The effect of a sexual life reframing program on marital intimacy, body image, and sexual function among breast cancer survivors

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-149

  Jun, Eun Young ^a   Kim, Sue ^b   Chang, Soon Bok ^b   Oh, Kasil ^b   Kang, Hee Sun ^c   Kang, Sung Soo ^d  

^a Korea Nazarene University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^d Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body image; Breast cancer; Intervention; Intimacy; Sexual function; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTIMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SELF REPORT; SEX THERAPY; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL LIFE REFRAMING PROGRAM; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 79952317298     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181f1ab7a     Document Type: Article

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