Ovarian cancer survivors: qualitative analysis of the symptom of sexuality.

Purpose/objectives: To better understand treatment-induced changes in sexuality from the patient perspective, to learn how women manage these changes in sexuality, and to identify what information they want from nurses about this symptom.

Research Approach: Qualitative descriptive methods.

Setting: An outpatient gynecologic clinic in an urban area in the southeastern United States served as the recruitment site for patients.