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The effect of counseling on sexual function, quality of life, and sexual distress in women with breast cancer

The effect of PLISSIT based counseling model on sexual function, quality of life, and sexual distress in women surviving breast cancer

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
TCTR
Registry ID
TCTR202103170010
Enrollment
59
Registered
2021-03-17
Start date
2017-04-21
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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Conditions

sexual function quality of life sexual distress sexual function quality of life sexual distress

Interventions

The intervention included a PLISSIT-based consultation model for sexual treatment. 7 counseling sessions were conducted lasting 60 minutes for 4 weeks.
Experimental Behavioral
Individual counseling based on PLISSIT model

Sponsors

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: literacy being married absence of chronic psychological and physical diseases having taken tamoxifen for at least three years having a history of mastectomy having at least one sexual dysfunction (scores lower than 28 in FSFI questionnaire)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Gynecological tumor such as vaginal, cervical, and uterine cancer a history of pelvic injury that prevents sexual intercourse alcohol or substance abuse the existence of sores or any lesions in the genitalia having depression (scores higher than 13 in Beck Depression Inventory-II) having anxiety (scores higher than 42 in State Trait Anxiety Inventory).

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Sexual function Before intervention and 2 and 4 weeks after intervention score of female sexual function index (FSFI),quality of life Before intervention and 2 and 4 weeks after intervention score of world health organization QoL-Brief scale (WHOQOL-BREF),sexual distress Before intervention and 2 and 4 weeks after intervention score of female sexual distress scale-revised (FSDS-R).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Number of accident falls Before intervention and 2 and 4 weeks after intervention followup of the participants

Countries

Iran

Contacts

Public ContactZohreh Keshavarz

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

keshavarzzohre@gmail.com00989123907712

Outcome results

None listed

Source: TCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026