Sexuality in young adult women who have undergone breast surgery

Section: Reviews

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Dias ACB, Serrano LS, Santos AMP, Mendes IMMMD. A sexualidade na mulher adulta jovem submetida a cirurgia da mama. Rev. iberoam. Educ. investi. Enferm. 2018; 8(3):47-57.

Authors

1 Andreia Carolina Baptista Dias, 2 Liliana Simões Serrano, 3 Ana Maria Poço Santos, 4 Isabel Margarida Marques Monteiro Dias Mendes

Position

1 Enfermeira. Ourém (Portugal). 2 Enfermeira. Coimbra (Portugal).3 Professora adjunta Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra. Portugal. 4 Professora coordenadora Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra. Portugal.

Contact email: andreia.ca.dias@hotmail.com

Abstract

Introduction: current society demands from women to adjust to a beauty model increasingly more rigid, where breasts represent sexuality and femininity. Breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, including breast surgery, entail several consequences for these women.
Objectives: the objective of this integrative literature review consisted in understanding the manner in which sexuality is affected in young adult women who have undergone breast surgery and the specific impact of said surgery in the sexuality of these women.
Methodology: the research was conducted in electronic databases during May and June, 2016, based on the PICOD method for sampling, consisting of nine research articles including women of childbearing age (20-to-50-year-old) who had undergone a mastectomy.
Results/discussion: in a young adult woman, breast surgery causes alterations in her body image concept and her sexuality, creating fear regarding her sexual activity. Thus, a transition process is triggered in women, during which nurses become highly important.

Keywords:

sexuality; mastectomy; adult woman; pre-menopause: nursingnursing interventions

Versión en Español

Título:

La sexualidad en la mujer adulta joven sometida la cirugía de la mama

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