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Table 4 Sexual importance and activity by gender and cancer classification for partners of People with Cancer (PPWC)

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

 

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:

    

5.24

0.073

0.202

    

0.80

0.672

0.079

 Very important

24

31.6

27

50.9

   

33

42.9

18

35.3

   

 Somewhat important

41

53.9

22

41.5

   

35

45.5

27

43.5

   

 Not important

11

14.5

4

7.5

   

9

11.7

6

11.8

   

Sex important part of life:

    

9.43

0.009

0.254

    

2.11

0.348

0.121

 Very important

20

23.5

29

47.5

   

31

35.6

18

31.0

   

 Somewhat important

52

61.2

27

44.3

   

43

49.4

35

60.3

   

 Not important

13

15.3

5

8.2

   

13

14.9

5

8.7

   

Change in sexual activities since onset of cancer:

    

1.37

0.163

0.098

    

0.68

0.411

0.035

 Yes

62

75.6

40

66.7

   

64

73.6

38

70.4

   

 No

20

24.4

20

33.3

   

23

26.4

16

29.6

   
  1. Note. The CSFQ Sexual Pleasure Subscale is only available for ‘after cancer’.