Effectiveness of Sexual and Communicative Skills on Sexual Function in Breast Cancer

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of sexual and communicative skills training on the improvement of sexual function of women infected by breast cancer. 53 patients suffering from breast cancer was selected from among the cancer sufferers hospitalized in Tehran Hospitals and divided randomly in three groups including sexual skills training, communicative skills training and control group. The experimental groups separately underwent eight sessions of sexual and communicative skills training. Analysis of covariance showed that the both sexual and communicative skills training comparing to control group improve the sexual function of women infected by breast cancer, but no significant difference in sexual function improvement is observed between two experimental groups.