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Public release date: 19 December 2008
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Partners need spousal communication after prostate cancer treatmentt
Spousal communication needed after prostate cancer treatment
A recent study analyzed the sexual function of both prostate cancer patients and their partners, and to examined whether associations between sexual dysfunction and psychosocial adjustment vary depending on spousal communication patterns.
After compiling data from a psychosocial analysis of 116 prostate cancer patients and their partners the authors summarize their results as follows:
- Patients and partners reported high rates of sexual dysfunction.
- Within couples, patients’ and their partners’ sexual function was moderately to highly correlated.
- When patients had poor erectile function, their partners were more likely to report that the couple avoided open spousal discussions, and this was associated with partners’ marital distress.
- Patients and partners who reported high levels of mutual constructive communication also reported greater marital adjustment, regardless of their own sexual satisfaction.
- Greater sexual dissatisfaction was associated with poorer marital adjustment in patients and partners who reported low levels of mutual constructive communication
The study authors concluded that their findings underscore the need for psychosocial interventions that facilitate healthy spousal communication and address the sexual rehabilitation needs of patients and their partners after prostate cancer treatment.
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