Jennifer Barsky Reese|Katherine Clegg Smith|Elizabeth A. Handorf|Kristen A. Sorice|Sharon L. Bober|Elissa Bantug|Stanley Schwartz|Laura S. Porter
A randomized pilot trial of a couple-based intervention addressing sexual concerns for breast cancer survivors
Fox Chase Cancer Center|Temple University|Johns Hopkins University|Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center|Fox Chase Cancer Center|Fox Chase Cancer Center|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Harvard University|Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center|Fox Chase Cancer Center|Duke University Hospital|Duke Medical Center
purpose test feasibility acceptability preliminary efficacy 4session couplebased intimacy enhancement ie intervention addressing breast cancer survivors sexual concerns delivered via telephone twentynine posttreatment breast cancer survivors reporting sexual concerns intimate partners randomized 21 ie intervention educational control condition delivered trained psychosocial providers feasibility acceptability measured recruitment retention session completion postintervention program evaluations couples completed validated sexual relationship psychosocial outcome measures pre postintervention betweengroup effect sizes 95 confidence intervals calculated using hedges g data supported intervention feasibility acceptability survivors ie intervention medium large positive effects sexual outcomes psychosocial outcomes effects less visible relationship outcomes similar somewhat smaller partners ie intervention demonstrated feasibility acceptability promise addressing breast cancer survivors sexual concerns enhancing partners intimate relationships psychosocial wellbeingimplications psychosocial oncology practicethe ie intervention demonstrated feasibility acceptability suggesting could wellreceived breast cancer survivors sexual concerns partnerseffects ie intervention breast cancer survivors sexual concerns partners intimate relationships psychosocial wellbeing could attributed therapist time attentioninterventions psychosocial providers use address breast cancer survivors sexual concerns important growing number breast cancer survivors living many years diagnosis