Seksualna kvaliteta života žena oboljelih od raka dojke

master's thesis

• Title (english): Sexual Quality of Life in Women with Breast Cancer
• Author: Petra Sladić
• Mentor: Lovorka Brajković (mentor)
• Committee member: Jelena Maričić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Vanja Kopilaš (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Lovorka Brajković (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Croatian Studies; (Department of Psychology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2020-09-24, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology

Abstract

Seksualna kvaliteta života predstavlja jedan od najnarušenijih aspekata života koji je
povezan s dugotrajnim tjelesnim i emocionalnim poteškoćama uslijed dijagnoze i liječenja kojima
su izložene žene oboljele od raka dojke.
Glavni cilj ovog rada je sustavnim pregledom literature utvrditi razinu seksualne kvalitete
života u žena oboljelih od raka dojke s obzirom na pojedinačni i kombinirani utjecaj gradusa,
uznapredovalosti osnovne bolesti, vrsta terapija u liječenju, slike o tijelu, stupnja depresivnosti i
anksioznosti, razine samopoštovanja i socijalne podrške partnera te utvrditi razlikuje li se
percepcija tijelu i razina samopoštovanja te prisutnost depresivnih i anksioznih simptoma s
obzirom na različite vrste liječenja, odnosno razinu socijalne podrške partnera. Korištenjem
PRISMA metode pregledana je sva pronađena literatura objavljena u elektroničkim bazama
podataka PubMed, EBSCO i Hrčak koja datira između 2000. i 2020. godine, a rezultirala je s 10
relevantnih znanstvenih i preglednih radova.
Rezultati su pokazali kako žene oboljele od raka dojke pokazuju nižu razinu seksualne
kvalitete života. Od vrsta liječenja, najznačajnim su se pokazale mastektomija i kemoterapija, dok
o gradusu i uznapredovalosti bolesti nije moguće iznijeti jednoznačne zaključke. Narušena slika o
tijelu, prisutnost depresivnih i anksioznih simptoma, niži stupanj samopoštovanja i neadekvatna
socijalna podrška partnera povezani su s nižom seksualnom kvalitetom života. U raspravi su
pružena detaljna objašnjenja navedenih rezultata te istaknute implikacije za buduća istraživanja.

Abstract (english)

Sexual quality of life is one of the most disrupted aspect of life associated with long-term
physical and emotional difficulties due to the diagnosis and treatment to which women with breast
cancer are exposed.
The main goal of this paper is to systematically review the literature to determine the level
of sexual quality of life in women with breast cancer considering individual and combined impact
of grade, progession of disease, type of treatment, body image, degree of depression and anxiety,
self-esteem an social partner support and to determine whether the perception of the body, level of
self-esteem and the presence of depressive and anxiety simptoms differ regard to different types
of treatment, or the level of partners' social support. Using te PRISMA method, all found literature
published in electronic databases PubMed, EBSCO and Hrčak was reviewed and resulted in 10
relevant scientific and review papers.
The results showed that women with breast cancer have a lower level of sexual quality of
life. Among the types of treatment, mastectomy and chemotherapy proved to be the most
important, while it is not possible to draw unambiguous conclusions about degree and progression
of the disease. Disturbed body image, the presence of depreessive and anxiety simptoms, a lower
level of self-esteem and inadequate social support of the partner are associate with a lower sexual
quality of life. The discussion provide detailed explanations of these results and highlighte
implications for future research.

• Keywords: rak dojke; seksualna kvaliteta života; slika o tijelu
• Keywords (english): breast cancer; sexual quality of life; body image
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:111:474354
• Study programme: Title: Department of Psychology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra psihologije (magistar/magistra psihologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2020-10-24 10:32:09