AVALIAÇÃO DA SEXUALIDADE E AUTOESTIMA EM MULHERES SOBREVIVENTES DO CÂNCER DE MAMA

Abstract

Breast cancer is a chronic degenerative malignant disease that affects mostly women, it is a disease that has the characteristic of leaving physical and emotional sequelae in affected patients. The objective was to evaluate and qualify the sexuality and self-esteem of women who survived breast cancer, whether they underwent adjuvant treatments, surgeries or both for their remission, the method chosen to measure and qualify the quality of sexual life was the Female Sexual Function. Index – Short Form (FSFI) which is a brief questionnaire, which can be selfadministered, and which aims to assess the female sexual response. For the assessment of these women's selfesteem, we used the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, which is a scale composed of ten affirmative questions that provides an assessment of global self-esteem. The questionnaires focused on in this study were answered by 30 volunteers with a mean age of 54.28± 11.5 years. The FSFI-6 results showed a mean total score of 14.7± 8.36, with 13 participants reporting sexual abstinence. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale presented an average of 37.8±3.9, demonstrating responses in a positive character of self-image and self-esteem of the participants. In view of our results, we observed that it is necessary for patients to be informed in the pre- and post-surgical consultation about the effects of their condition on the characteristics analyzed here, and the evaluation is still important for the management of their improvement and to serve as a basis for future studies. discussions and development of effective interventions.