Feeling well and talking about sex: psycho-social predictors of sexual functioning after cancer

BMC Cancer

Table 3 Sexual importance and activity by gender and cancer classification for People with Cancer (PWC)

	Women		Men		Test for group difference			Sexual cancer		Non-sexual cancer		Test for group difference
Item/Variable	n	%	n	%	χ²	p	φ	n	%	N	%	χ²	p	φ
Sex important part of the relationship:					13.17	0.001	0.158					2.715	0.257	0.072
Very important	148	34.3	45	48.4				162	35.7	30	46.2
Somewhat important	224	51.9	46	49.5				238	52.4	28	43.1
Not important	60	13.9	2	2.2				54	11.9	7	10.8
Sex important part of life:					39.59	<0.001	0.248					9.965	0.007	0.125
Very important	125	23.7	57	48.7				146	26.2	35	42.7
Somewhat important	288	54.5	56	47.9				304	54.6	37	45.1
Not important	115	21.8	4	3.4				107	19.2	10	12.2
Change in sexual activities since onset of cancer:					3.417	0.065	0.074					2.951	0.086	0.069
Yes	394	76.8	99	84.6				432	79.1	55	70.5
No	119	23.2	18	15.4				114	20.9	23	29.5

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