Male genitourinary cancer sexuality questionnaire

In recent years the focus of cancer nursing care has expanded to include not only survival issues, but also quality of life. Sexuality is a significant aspect of quality of life. The purposes of this study were to describe patient-identified sexuality information needs, and the preferred method and setting for receiving this information. The results provide nurses with a baseline to structure teaching sessions to best meet the needs of this population. In recent years the focus of cancer nursing care has expanded to include not only survival issues, but also quality of life. Sexuality is a significant aspect of quality of life acknowledged by the American Nurses Association and the Oncology Nursing Society (1979) as a designated aspect of nursing care since 1979. Fonesca describes sexuality as the quality of being human (Hughes, 1996). As an expression of one's self physically, socially, and psychologically, sexuality involves more than sexual activity. It is communicated in ways that include bodily movements, interactions with others in everyday encounters, and expressions of the deepest feelings of love (Fonesca, 1970). Sexuality also includes one's intimate feelings of individuality and the need for emotional closeness with another person.