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Volume 6, Issue 4 (Suppl)
J Nurs Care, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-1168
World Nursing 2017
July 10-12, 2017
23
rd
World Nursing and Healthcare Conference
July 10-12, 2017 Berlin, Germany
The perception of sexual behavior in Taiwanese women after treatment for gynecological cancer
Jian Tao Lee
Chang Gung University, Taiwan
G
ynecological cancer survivors experience a broad range of sexual concerns after diagnosis and treatment, their perception about
sex after treatment for gynecological cancer may influence their sexual adaptation and sexual relationship. The aim of this study
was to explore the perception of sexual behavior and sexual myths of Taiwanese women after treatment for gynecological cancer. Data
for this phenomenological study were collected during in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 11 women purposively recruited
from outpatients of the gynecological clinic of a medical center in northern Taiwan. Interview data were analyzed using Colaizzi’s
method. Data analysis yielded two subthemes: “Interpretations of the appropriateness of sexual behavior during cancer treatment”
and “Uncertainty about the appropriateness of sexual behaviors”, and recognized the sexual myths as: sex might threaten the cancer
survivor’s health, sex leads to cancer recurrence or death, and sex might negatively affect the sexual partner’s health. This woman-
centered view of the perception and sexual myths of Taiwanese gynecological cancer survivors can help healthcare professionals
understand and educate their clients about women’s sexual expression during and after cancer treatment.
Biography
Jian Tao Lee has completed his PhD from Institute of Health Education of National Taiwan Normal University. She is an Associate Professor at the School of Nursing
in Chang Gung University, the Director of the Sex Education Association of Taiwan and Executive Editor of the
Formosan Journal of Sexology
. She has studied
women's sexual health and sexual health education for more than 20 years, has also reviewed numerous manuscripts for a variety of nursing and sexual health
journals, and has published more than 25 papers in this field.
Jian Tao Lee, J Nurs Care 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C1-049