Effect of sexual dysfunction and sexual quality of life in type 2 diabetes women: a pilot study from Turkey
| Autor: | Zümrüt Akgün Şahin, Mutlu Şahin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Gynecology
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism media_common.quotation_subject Type 2 diabetes Orgasm medicine.disease Affect (psychology) Arousal Sexual desire Sexual dysfunction Quality of life Internal Medicine medicine medicine.symptom Sexual function business media_common Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries. 35:424-430 |
| ISSN: | 1998-3832 0973-3930 |
| Popis: | In women, it is clinically difficult to measure the sexual functions. Partner’s sexual performance, quality of the relationship, cultural-ethnic, educational and socio-economic status of the patient, psychological changes, chronic diseases such as diabetes and its complications affect the sexual functions. This study was conducted in order to determine the sexual dysfunction (SD) and sexual quality of life of women with type 2 diabetes. This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted at nine family health centers located in the city center of Kars. We used a questionnaire for data collection, and the Sexual Quality of Life Questionnaire-Female (SQLQ-F) and Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) were used as the data collection tool. Sexual dysfunction and sexual quality of life of women with type 2 diabetes. The mean total FSFI was 67.36 ± 10.25 and the mean score for sexual desire was 3.28 ± 2.58, arousal 8.42 ± 4.33, lubrication 12.57 ± 4.89, orgasm 7.25 ± 3.52, satisfaction 9.06 ± 2.18, and pain 9.28 ± 4.45. The most common problem was sexual desire (3.28 ± 2.58), while the least common one was lubrication (12.57 ± 4.89). The mean total SQLQ-F score was 38.56 ± 10.89 which is considered to indicate low. Results showed that as the level of sexual quality of life increased, the sexual desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction and total FSFI increased and a statistically positive significant difference between SD. Sexual quality of life level and pain, increased, indicating a statistically negative significant difference between SD and sexual quality of life level. |
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