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Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and independently coded. Participants were recruited until thematic saturation was achieved.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Outcomes<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Outcomes of this study were female partner sexual health concerns and unmet needs.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Among 12 participants, the median age was 65 (range 53 to 81) years, 9 were White, the median time since their partner\u2019s PCa diagnosis was 2.25\u00a0years (range 11\u00a0months to 20\u00a0years), and a majority reported that their partner had undergone radical prostatectomy, radiation, and\/or hormonal therapy. Major emergent themes pertained to the significant impact of age- and PCa-related sexual dysfunction on female sexual quality of life, the dyadic nature of sexual dysfunction and recovery, the role of the partner in coping with and adjusting to sexual dysfunction, difficulties communicating about sexual dysfunction in an intimate relationship, a lack of physician-led sexual health counseling and support, and the benefit of peer interactions and proactive information seeking in addressing unmet sexual health needs.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Clinical Implications<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Future efforts should continue to explore the impact of PCa on partner sexual health and address unmet needs through sexual health education and support.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Strengths and Limitations<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>In this study, we identified female partners\u2019 sexual health concerns both related to and independent of PCa survivor sexual health. Limitations include exclusion of male partners of survivors and potential responder bias, as partners who agreed to participate may have experienced more sexual health concerns.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We found that female partners experience PCa-related sexual dysfunction as a couple\u2019s disease, grief due to age- and PCa-related sexual losses, and a lack of physician-led sexual health counseling and information. Our results highlight the importance of including partners of PCa survivors in the sexual recovery process and of developing sexual care programs to address partners\u2019 unmet sexual health needs.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jsxmed\/qdad027","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,21]],"date-time":"2023-03-21T03:26:41Z","timestamp":1679369201000},"page":"651-660","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Understanding the sexual health perceptions, concerns, and needs of female partners of prostate cancer survivors"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2782-415X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Natasha","family":"Gupta","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, New York University , New York, NY 10016 , United States"},{"name":"Department of Population Health, New York University , New York, NY 10016 , United States"},{"name":"Manhattan Veteran Affairs , New York, NY 10010 , United States"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Laura","family":"Zebib","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI 48109 , United States"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daniela","family":"Wittmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI 48109 , United States"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christian J","family":"Nelson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , New York, NY 10065 , United States"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carolyn A","family":"Salter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, Madigan Army Medical Center , Tacoma, WA 98431 , United States"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John P","family":"Mulhall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , New York, NY 10065 , United States"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nataliya","family":"Byrne","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, New York University , New York, NY 10016 , United States"},{"name":"Department of Population Health, New York University , New York, NY 10016 , United States"},{"name":"Manhattan Veteran Affairs , New York, NY 10010 , United States"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tatiana Sanchez","family":"Nolasco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, New York University , New York, NY 10016 , United States"},{"name":"Department of Population Health, New York University , New York, NY 10016 , United States"},{"name":"Manhattan Veteran Affairs , New York, NY 10010 , United States"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stacy","family":"Loeb","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, New York University , New York, NY 10016 , United States"},{"name":"Department of Population Health, New York University , New York, NY 10016 , United States"},{"name":"Manhattan Veteran Affairs , New York, NY 10010 , United States"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023050103300127300_ref1","volume-title":"Cancer Facts & Figures","author":"American Cancer Society","year":"2023"},{"issue":"4","key":"2023050103300127300_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"271","DOI":"10.3322\/caac.21349","article-title":"Cancer treatment and survivorship statistics, 2016","volume":"66","author":"Miller","year":"2016","journal-title":"CA Cancer J Clin"},{"issue":"2","key":"2023050103300127300_ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"221","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eururo.2018.08.039","article-title":"Are we improving erectile function recovery after radical prostatectomy? 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