Effects of sexual health education on sexual rehabilitation in breast cancer patients: a Meta-analysis
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20240412-02023
- VernacularTitle:性健康教育对乳腺癌患者性康复效果影响的Meta分析
- Author:
Hairong CHEN
1
;
Jingxin ZHANG
;
Liwei JING
;
Jun'e LIU
;
Yiling ZHANG
Author Information
1. 首都医科大学护理学院，北京 100069
- Keywords:
Breast cancer;
Sexual health education;
Sexual quality of life;
Meta-analysis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2024;30(33):4542-4551
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To systematically evaluate the impact of sexual health education on the sexual quality of life, sexual satisfaction, anxiety, depression and the quality of life in breast cancer patients.Methods:A comprehensive search was conducted in Cochrane Library, Embase, PubMed, CNKI, Wanfang Data, VIP, and SinoMed databases for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) exploring the effects of sexual health education on sexual quality of life, sexual satisfaction, anxiety, depression and quality of life in breast cancer patients. The search covered studies up until November 8, 2023. Two researchers independently screened the literature, extracted data, and assessed the quality of the RCTs using the Cochrane Handbook 5.1.0 risk of bias tool. Meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.4 and R4.3.2 software.Results:A total of 17 articles with 1 695 patients were included. Sexual health education significantly improved sexual quality of life [ SMD=1.25, 95% CI (0.65, 1.84), P<0.05], sexual satisfaction [ SMD=0.85, 95% CI (0.53, 1.17), P<0.05], depression [ SMD=-1.16, 95% CI (-2.01, -0.30), P<0.05], and the quality of life [ SMD=1.53, 95% CI (0.09, 2.97), P<0.05] in breast cancer patients. However, the improvement in anxiety was not statistically significant [ SMD=-0.88, 95% CI (-2.06, 0.29), P<0.05] . Conclusions:Sexual health education can improve the sexual quality of life, sexual satisfaction, depression, and the quality of life in breast cancer patients. However, its impact on anxiety remains unclear, possibly due to the limited number of studies. Future RCTs should further explore the effect of sexual health education on anxiety in this population.
