Abstract

BUENO-ROBLES, Luz Stella  and  SOTO-LESMES, Virginia Inés. Research development in sexual health of women with breast cáncer: a integrative review. av.enferm. [online]. 2016, vol.34, n.1, pp.79-87. ISSN 0121-4500.  https://doi.org/10.15446/av.enferm.v34n1.57616.

Objective: Characterize the scientific production regarding sexual health of women with breast cancer. Methodology: Integrative review. A search was performed in databases Scopus, Medline, lilacs, and scielo; a secondary search in scientific journals was carried out. 85 articles were found with characterization by year, language, continent; mean age and types of treatment; methodology, perspective, approach, design, disciplinary approach, and thematic trend. Results: The topic of sexual health of women had a higher production in the last 10 years. The research trends are clustered in three categories: Sexual health and breast cancer; Women sexual health and treatment of breast cancer; and Sexual health and relationships. Conclusions: Sexual health in women with breast cancer is an important aspect of quality of life, continually altered as a result of disease and adverse effects of treatments, which is a condition that not only afflict the sick person, but also her partner. Therefore, the development of action lines to provide comprehensive care to women with breast cancer is required.

Keywords : Sexuality; Women's Health; Breast Neoplasms; Nursing Research; Interpersonal Relations.

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