The psychological factors for Breast Cancer BrCa are
very important, as they assist in improving the adaptation of the new situations
they have to deal with. This study is to provide psycho-educational
materials as intervention tools in enhancing coping with the psychosexual
problems faced by Sudanese BrCa women. Study sample of 89
BrCa women were randomly selected to either educational group (n = 30),
intervention group (n = 29), or control group (n = 30). To be eligible for the
study, women were married, sexually active with their husbands, and inhabitant
in Khartoum state during the implementation of the study.Two scales
were been filled by all the participants as measurements for this study and
those are: Watts Sexual Function Questionnaire (WSFQ) which measures and
provides a total sexual function score and subscale score for desire, arousal,
orgasm and satisfaction. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is the
other measurement that used in this study. Significant difference has been
found in regard to HADS and WSFQ pre- and post-test analysis for the
experiential group. Women assigned to the educational materials group had
significant higher posttest scores on both HADS and WSFQ scales than women
assigned to psychosexual intervention program.
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