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Transplant clinicians screened HCT survivors \u22653 months post\u2010HCT for sexual dysfunction causing distress. Those who screened positive attended monthly visits with a trained transplant clinician who: 1) performed an assessment of the causes of sexual dysfunction; 2) educated and empowered the patient to address his or her sexual concerns; and 3) implemented therapeutic interventions targeting the patient's needs. Feasibility was defined as having approximately 75% of patients who screened positive agreeing to participate and 80% attending at least 2 intervention visits. We administered the Patient\u2010Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) sexual function and satisfaction measure, the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy\u2013Bone Marrow Transplant (FACT\u2010BMT), and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) to evaluate sexual function, quality of life (QOL), and mood, respectively, at baseline and 6 months postintervention.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title><jats:p>Approximately 33.1% of patients (50 of 151 patients) screened positive for sexual dysfunction causing distress and 94.0% (47 of 50 patients) agreed to participate, with 100% attending 2 intervention visits. Participants reported improvements in satisfaction (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;.0001) and interest in sex (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;.0001), as well as orgasm (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;.0001), erectile function (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;.0001), vaginal lubrication (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .0001), and vaginal discomfort (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .0005). At baseline, approximately 32.6% of participants were not sexually active, compared with 6.5% after the intervention (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .0005). Participants reported improvement in their QOL (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;.0001), depression (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .0002), and anxiety (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .0019).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title><jats:p>A multimodal intervention to address sexual dysfunction integrated within the transplant clinic is feasible with encouraging preliminary efficacy for improving sexual function, QOL, and mood in HCT survivors. <jats:bold><jats:italic>Cancer<\/jats:italic> 2018;124:2438\u201046<\/jats:bold>. \u00a9 <jats:italic>2018 American Cancer Society<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/cncr.31333","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,3,15]],"date-time":"2018-03-15T08:08:11Z","timestamp":1521101291000},"page":"2438-2446","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":41,"title":["Pilot study of a multimodal intervention to enhance sexual function in survivors of hematopoietic stem cell 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