Cervical or Endometrial Cancer and Sexual Health Study

Aim #1. To investigate the efficacy of the psychoeducational intervention (PED) on sexual arousal. H1: Compared to a control group and to baseline, PED will result in significant improvement in: * self-reported subjective sexual arousal; * self-reported genital sensitivity; * psychophysiological sexual arousal. Aim #2. To investigate the efficacy of the PED on self-reported orgasm, sexual desire, distress, and relationship satisfaction. H2: Compared to a control group and to baseline, PED will result in significant improvement in self-reported orgasmic experience, sexual desire, sexual distress, and relationship satisfaction. Aim #3. To investigate the efficacy of the PED on depressive symptoms and quality of life. H3: Compared to a control group and to baseline, PED will result in significant improvement in self-reported depressive symptoms and quality of life.

Sex

Female

Minimum age

19 Years

Maximum age

65 Years

Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of cervical or endometrial cancer, in remission for at least 1 year
* Treatment by hysterectomy at least one year earlier
* Diagnosis of female sexual arousal disorder (FSAD) according to DSM-IV-TR criteria with new onset after the hysterectomy
* Currently involved in a relationship

Exclusion Criteria:

* Treatment by either radiation or chemotherapy alone
* Current diagnosis of primary hypoactive sexual desire disorder - or in other words, if complaints of sexual desire are present, they must be less distressing than the sexual arousal complaints.
* Unstable psychopathology and Beck Depression Inventory scores greater than 19
* Lack of sexual experience
* Current use of antidepressants or other medication with known sexual side effects
* Those with a physical condition that would impede participation in the psychophysiological assessment

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