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. 2020 Jul 4;12(7):1786. doi: 10.3390/cancers12071786

Table 2.

Mean values (SD) in the Derogatis Interview for Sexual Functioning self-report between HSCT survivors and a healthy control group, with domain p-values from MANCOVA with Bonferroni-corrected post-hoc tests and item p-values from independent samples t tests corrected with the false discovery rate.

Domain Item HSCT (n = 97) Controls (n = 56) p-Value
Sexual fantasy (about) 22.6 (9.2) 25.8 (6.6) 0.023
Attractive person 5.1 (2.0) 5.8 (1.6) 0.074
Erotic parts of a woman 5.0 (2.0) 5.5 (2.1) 0.675
Erotic situation 4.4 (2.0) 5.0 (1.6) 0.204
Foreplay 4.0 (2.2) 4.8 (1.8) 0.029
Intercourse 4.1 (2.3) 4.8 (1.6) 0.074
Sexual arousal (Full erection) 16.5 (6.5) 17.3 (5.9) 0.423
When waking up 3.2 (1.8) 3.4 (1.9) 1.00
During a fantasy 3.4 (2.0) 3.6 (2.1) 1.00
During a visual cue 3.8 (1.8) 3.4 (1.7) 0.651
During masturbation 3.8 (1.6) 3.5 (1.6) 0.342
During intercourse 2.3 (2.0) 3.2 (1.7) 0.002
Sexual behavior 13.3 (7.0) 17.3 (4.7) 0.016
Erotic books 2.6 (2.0) 2.0 (1.9) 0.310
Masturbation 3.7 (1.5) 3.2 (1.6) 0.216
Kissing and petting 3.0 (2.7) 5.4 (2.0) <0.001
Foreplay 2.1 (2.0) 3.4 (1.8) <0.001
Intercourse 2.0 (2.0) 3.3 (1.7) <0.001
Orgasm 15.3 (5.6) 18.6 (3.8) 0.002
Ability 2.8 (1.1) 3.4 (0.9) 0.006
Intensity 2.7 (1.0) 3.2 (0.7) 0.002
Duration 2.5 (1.1) 3.0 (0.9) 0.006
Amount of seminal fluid 2.2 (1.2) 3.0 (0.9) <0.001
Sense of control 2.3 (1.1) 2.7 (0.8) 0.078
Feeling of relaxation afterward 2.8 (1.0) 3.3 (0.9) 0.006
Sexual drive 13.4 (4.4) 15.3 (3.4) 0.022
Ideal frequency of intercourse 4.6 (1.7) 4.5 (0.8) 1.00
Interest in sex 2.4 (0.9) 2.8 (0.7) 0.075
Satisfaction with personal relationship 1.8 (1.5) 2.6 (1.1) <0.001
Quality of current sexual functioning 4.5 (2.2) 5.5 (1.8) 0.012

Note. Scoring ranges for individual domains are: 0–40 for sexual fantasy, arousal and behavior; and 0–24 for orgasm and drive. Higher scores indicate better sexual functioning. Domain scores are indicated in bold.