Caring for the Sexual Health and Wellbeing of Cancer Survivors and Their Intimate Partners: An Anonymous Survey

• Sponsor: Bournemouth University (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT06074445
• Collaborator: National Institute for Health Research, Applied Research Collaboration, Wessex (Other), Fortuneswell Cancer Trust (Other), Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Other)
• Enrollment: 169
• Location: 1
• Actual Duration (Months): 1.2
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 135.4

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The aim of this survey study is to provide broad information as reported by cancer survivors and their intimate partners about both their sexual health and their experiences of care from the United Kingdom hospital cancer team, including their perspectives on factors that may hinder or help care. This information will be analysed and used to inform the questions asked in a separate, subsequent, qualitative study.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Cancer	Other: No intervention

Study Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Actual Enrollment: 169 participants
• Observational Model: Other
• Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
• Official Title: An Anonymous Survey Investigating Care for the Sexual Health of Cancer Survivors and Their Intimate Partners, as Provided by the United Kingdom Hospital Cancer Team
• Actual Study Start Date: Aug 23, 2022
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Sep 30, 2022
• Actual Study Completion Date: Sep 30, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
People with Cancer No intervention	Other: No intervention; No intervention
Partners of People with Cancer No intervention	Other: No intervention; No intervention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Number of participants who had a sexual health discussion(s) with the hospital cancer team at any point during cancer care [Up to 10 years prior to completing survey (discussion(s) about sexual health could have occurred at any point during cancer care)]

   Sexual health discussion:19 examples of the sort of topics that may have been discussed in relation to sexual health

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Number of participants with specific levels of impact on their sex lives by cancer and its treatments [From each individual participants' cancer diagnosis/cancer treatment until the date that they completed the survey]

   As above

2. Survey questionnaire to measure the nature and prevalence of care for sexual health that cancer survivors and their intimate partners self-report experiencing from the UK hospital cancer team. [Participants can report care received from prior to their cancer treatment through to their follow-up care (last 10 years only)]

   An online survey questionnaire (no validated questionnaire available and therefore research created the questionnaire based on a literature reviews on sexual health in oncology

3. Survey questionnaire to measure the nature and prevalence of the perceived barriers to and facilitators for care for sexual health as received by cancer survivors and their intimate partners when provided by the UK hospital cancer team. [Participants can report their perceptions from diagnosis through to their follow-up care (last 10 years only)]

   As above

4. Survey questionnaire to measure to what extent groups of cancer survivors and their intimate partners with differing characteristics receive differing care for their sexual health from the UK hospital cancer team. [Participants diagnosed with cancer in the previous 10 years.]

   Participants' responses from outcomes 1-4 will be used toinform this outcome

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Cancer survivors diagnosed with any type of cancer at age 18 years or over

2. A partner of someone diagnosed with any type of cancer at age 18 years or over

3. Cancer diagnosis must be no more than 10 years ago

4. Cancer survivors or their partners who experienced treatment and follow up care in the United Kingdom

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Cancer survivors who were diagnosed with cancer below the age of 18 years

2. Partners of cancer survivors who were diagnosed with cancer below the age of 18 years

3. Cancer diagnosis was more than 10 years ago

4. Cancer survivors/partners of survivors where the cancer treatment and follow up was not in the United Kingdom

5. Previous completion of the survey

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Bournemouth University	Bournemouth	Dorset	United Kingdom	BH8 8AJ

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Bournemouth University
• National Institute for Health Research, Applied Research Collaboration, Wessex
• Fortuneswell Cancer Trust
• Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Sam Porter, PhD, RN, Bournemouth University

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Bournemouth University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT06074445
• Other Study ID Numbers: Ethics ID 39453
• First Posted: Oct 10, 2023
• Last Update Posted: Oct 10, 2023
• Last Verified: Oct 1, 2023

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Keywords provided by Bournemouth University: Cancer Survivors; Neoplasms; Oncology; Sexual Health; Sexual Dysfunction, physiological; Sexual Dysfunctions, psychological; Sexuality; Barrier; Facilitator; Professional-Patient Relations; Communication

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Oct 10, 2023