Sexual Function in Women with Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease of central nervous system (CNS) and sexual dysfunction (SD) is one of the most common disabilities of MS women. The aim of this study was to determine sexual function of women with MS (multiple sclerosis). One hundred definite MS patients MS patient...
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| author | Mahsa Ghajarzadeh Rozita Jalilian Mehdi Mohammadifar Mohammad Ali Sahraian Amirreza Azimi |
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| description | Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease of central nervous system (CNS) and sexual dysfunction (SD) is one of the most common disabilities of MS women. The aim of this study was to determine sexual function of women with MS (multiple sclerosis). One hundred definite MS patients MS patients and fifty age-matched healthy controls were enrolled. Demographic data (sex, age), duration of the disease and disease pattern extracted from patient's files and Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) recorded for each patient by an expert neurologist. Participants were asked to answer the valid and reliable Persian version of Beck depression inventory (BDI) and Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaires. The total FSFI score and subscale scores differed significantly between the MS patients and the controls. There was a significant negative correlation between EDSS and FSFI scores (rho=-0.44, P<0.001) and significant positive correlation between EDSS and BDI (rho=0.36, P<0.001) in patients. Mean BDI and all subscales of FSFI differed significantly between patients with total FSFI score higher and lower than 26.55. Sexual dysfunction should be considered in women with multiple sclerosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c581909c398a40f39b8c2689cbc33fef2022-12-22T03:08:41ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesActa Medica Iranica0044-60251735-96942014-04-015244589Sexual Function in Women with Multiple SclerosisMahsa Ghajarzadeh0Rozita Jalilian1Mehdi Mohammadifar2Mohammad Ali Sahraian3Amirreza Azimi4Department of Neurology, Brain and Spinal Injury Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Radiology, Advanced Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Research Center (ADIR), Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran Iran.Department of Neurology, MS Research Center, Sina Hospital, Tehran, Iran.Department of Neurology, Brain and Spinal Injury Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease of central nervous system (CNS) and sexual dysfunction (SD) is one of the most common disabilities of MS women. The aim of this study was to determine sexual function of women with MS (multiple sclerosis). One hundred definite MS patients MS patients and fifty age-matched healthy controls were enrolled. Demographic data (sex, age), duration of the disease and disease pattern extracted from patient's files and Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) recorded for each patient by an expert neurologist. Participants were asked to answer the valid and reliable Persian version of Beck depression inventory (BDI) and Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaires. The total FSFI score and subscale scores differed significantly between the MS patients and the controls. There was a significant negative correlation between EDSS and FSFI scores (rho=-0.44, P<0.001) and significant positive correlation between EDSS and BDI (rho=0.36, P<0.001) in patients. Mean BDI and all subscales of FSFI differed significantly between patients with total FSFI score higher and lower than 26.55. Sexual dysfunction should be considered in women with multiple sclerosis.https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/4636Multiple sclerosisFemale Sexual Function Index (FSFI)PersianDepression |
| spellingShingle | Mahsa Ghajarzadeh Rozita Jalilian Mehdi Mohammadifar Mohammad Ali Sahraian Amirreza Azimi Sexual Function in Women with Multiple Sclerosis Acta Medica Iranica Multiple sclerosis Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) Persian Depression |
| title | Sexual Function in Women with Multiple Sclerosis |
| title_full | Sexual Function in Women with Multiple Sclerosis |
| title_fullStr | Sexual Function in Women with Multiple Sclerosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sexual Function in Women with Multiple Sclerosis |
| title_short | Sexual Function in Women with Multiple Sclerosis |
| title_sort | sexual function in women with multiple sclerosis |
| topic | Multiple sclerosis Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) Persian Depression |
| url | https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/4636 |
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