Sexual Health and Rehabilitation Online (SHAREonline)

Sexual Health and Rehabilitation Online (SHAREonline): An Educational Intervention for Young Adult Women After Cancer

SHAREonline is a study for young female cancer survivors that are experiencing changes in sexual health and function.

The purpose of this research is to compare two brief interventions delivered by videoconference to learn if they help women effectively manage these changes and restore sexual health and functioning.

The purpose of this research is to compare two brief interventions delivered by videoconference to learn if they help women effectively manage these changes and restore sexual health and functioning.

Participants in this study would first complete health questionnaires and then be randomized to take part in one of two types of education sessions delivered by an instructor over videoconference: 1) Group education session or 2) Individual self-management session.

About 56 women will receive the group education session and about 28 will receive the individual self-management session.

It is expected that about 84 women will take part in this study.

• Female cancer survivors age 19-49
• Cancer diagnosis (except non-melanoma skin cancer) ≥ 1 year prior
• Diagnosed with first cancer ≥ age 18
• No active cancer therapy (excluding chemoprevention) in the past four months, and no further therapy planned
• Ability to read and write in English
• Bothered by significant sexual dysfunction as evidenced by a Female Sexual Functioning Index (FSFI) score of ≤26.
• Regular access to the internet

Exclusion Criteria

• Has never been sexually active
• Any impairment (e.g., hearing, visual, cognitive) that interferes with the ability to complete all study procedures independently