Clinical trial · Observational
Caring for the Sexual Health and Wellbeing of Cancer Survivors and Their Intimate Partners: An Anonymous Survey
An Anonymous Survey Investigating Care for the Sexual Health of Cancer Survivors and Their Intimate Partners, as Provided by the United Kingdom Hospital Cancer Team
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The aim of this survey study is to provide broad information as reported by cancer survivors and their intimate partners about both their sexual health and their experiences of care from the United Kingdom hospital cancer team, including their perspectives on factors that may hinder or help care. This information will be analysed and used to inform the questions asked in a separate, subsequent, qualitative study.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| No intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- label
- People with Cancer
- description
- No intervention
- interventionNames
- Other: No intervention
- label
- Partners of People with Cancer
- description
- No intervention
- interventionNames
- Other: No intervention
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Number of participants who had a sexual health discussion(s) with the hospital cancer team at any point during cancer care
- timeFrame
- Up to 10 years prior to completing survey (discussion(s) about sexual health could have occurred at any point during cancer care)
- description
- Sexual health discussion:19 examples of the sort of topics that may have been discussed in relation to sexual health
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Cancer survivors diagnosed with any type of cancer at age 18 years or over 2. A partner of someone diagnosed with any type of cancer at age 18 years or over 3. Cancer diagnosis must be no more than 10 years ago 4. Cancer survivors or their partners who experienced treatment and follow up care in the United Kingdom Exclusion Criteria: 1. Cancer survivors who were diagnosed with cancer below the age of 18 years 2. Partners of cancer survivors who were diagnosed with cancer below the age of 18 years 3. Cancer diagnosis was more than 10 years ago 4. Cancer survivors/partners of survivors where the cancer treatment and follow up was not in the United Kingdom 5. Previous completion of the survey
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDSheppard S, Culliford D, Glen T, Lee S, Sheppard ZA, Porter S. Care for sexual health in oncology survey: a regression analysis of variables associated with the likelihood of people with cancer having a sexual health discussion with the hospital cancer team. Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2025 Oct;78:102977. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2025.102977. Epub 2025 Sep 1. PMID 40967121