Sexual functioning along the cancer continuum: focus group results from the Patient‐Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS^®)

Abstract

Overall evaluations of satisfaction with sex life did not always correspond to specific aspects of functioning (e.g. erectile dysfunction), presenting a challenge to researchers aiming to measure sexual functioning as an outcome. Health-care providers should not assume that level of sexual impairment determines sexual satisfaction and should explore cancer patients' sexual concerns directly.