Affecting Factors on Sexual Function in Women with Cervical Cancer : A Review Article

Introduction: Marital satisfaction is one of the factors affecting women's health and lifesatisfaction, which affects the mental health of the couple. Cervical cancer treatments causerelationship problems with the spouse and adverse effects in the individual's sex life andsexual dissatisfaction. It is about factors affecting sexual function in women with cervicalcancer .Methods and Materials: Methodology: The present study is a review study that was done in۱۴۰۰. In this study, the researchers first searched in the Google Scholar search engine andmore specifically in the Persian databases, medex, Iran, Magiran SID and the Englishdatabases Science of Web Direct, Science Scopus, PubMed. Among the keywords used inthis search were cervical cancer, sexual satisfaction, marital satisfaction, effective factors andLatin equivalents. Then, the searched articles from the years ۲۰۱۷ to ۲۰۲۱. From a total of۱۹۵ articles, ۲۶ articles were used for writing .Findings: The results of this study showed that patients under treatment have more sexualdysfunction and as a result, more marital dissatisfaction. Also, marital satisfaction beforeand after cervical cancer was different. There was a significant correlation between age andthe degree of marital relationship after being diagnosed with cancer. Coping strategies forcouples with stress, depression, anxiety, lack of self-confidence are effective in the maritalquality of women suffering from cervical cancer. Therefore, considering the positiverelationship between a couple and the quality of marriage, the more a couple can cooperatewith each other, the quality of their marriage will be improved.Conclusion: It is suggested to give the necessary training to the health service providersregarding the factors affecting the sexual function, also it is possible to point out theimportance of providing the necessary counseling services and training workshops toimprove the sexual relations and improve the quality of the sexual life of these patients.

کلیدواژه ها:

cervical cancer ، sexual satisfaction ، marital satisfaction ، review article