PLISSIT model: sexual counseling for breast cancer survivors

Rev Bras Enferm. 2019 Aug 19;72(4):1109-1113. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0525.
[Article in English, Portuguese]

Abstract

Objective: Reporting the experience of use of the PLISSIT model as tool for the nursing care of breast cancer survivors with sexual dysfunction.

Method: case study developed from January to August 2017, in the outpatient mastology clinic and sexuality service of a maternity in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, with 15 breast cancer survivors.

Results: sexual counseling sessions were conducted using the PLISSIT model to address sexual issues, highlighting the particularities of women who experience survival after the treatment of breast cancer.

Final considerations: the model used in the practice of nursing care is customary and allows identifying issues experienced by women, as it has easy availability and practicality for use by nursing professionals, helping to address sexual matters with greater tranquility.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brazil
  • Breast Neoplasms / complications*
  • Breast Neoplasms / nursing*
  • Breast Neoplasms / psychology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Quality of Life / psychology
  • Sex Counseling / methods*
  • Sex Counseling / trends
  • Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / psychology
  • Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / therapy*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Survivors / psychology*
  • Survivors / statistics & numerical data