A cross-sectional study of female sexual dysfunction among Turkish pregnant and nonpregnant women: correlation with hormone profile
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2019
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Abstract: Objectives: To determine the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) and its correlation with theandrogenic hormones among pregnant and nonpregnant Turkish women.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 251 women, including 137 healthy pregnant and 114 healthynonpregnant Turkish women. Assessment of female sexual function index (FSFI), sociodemographiccharacteristics, serum androgen levels, including the total testosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate(DHEAS), 1-4 delta androstenedione.Results: There was a 65.7 % incidence of FSD in all of the participants, with an incidence of 58.8% in thepregnant and 41.2% in the nonpregnant women. There was no significant difference in the FSFI total scoresbetween the pregnant and nonpregnant women (p > 0.05). Moreover, the androgen levels were not differentbetween the women with sexual dysfunction and those without. The Spearman correlation test results weresignificant between the total testosterone level and the FSFI arousal domain (r = 0.167, p < 0.05), FSFIlubrication domain (r = 0.264, p < 0.01), and FSFI total score (r = 0.212, p < 0.01), as well as between theandrostenedione level and FSFI lubrication domain (r = 0.211, p < 0.01), FSFI orgasm domain (r = 0.156, p <0.05), and FSFI total score (r = 0.174, p < 0.05). In the logistic regression analysis for sexual dysfunction, anincrease in the DHEAS level increased the sexual dysfunction by 0.996-fold. Women with one pregnancy had3.312-fold greater sexual dysfunction than those with no pregnancies. Moreover, the women with more thaneight years of education had 0.358 times more sexual dysfunction than those with eight years of education andless.Conclusion: The FSFI total scores were not significantly different between the pregnant and nonpregnantwomen. However, there were significant correlations between the total testosterone and androstenedione levelsand the FSFI total scores. Any increases in the DHEAS level and educational level in women decrease thechance of developing sexual dysfunction.
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The European Research Journal
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ASTEPE B. S,KÖLELİ I (2019). A cross-sectional study of female sexual dysfunction among
Turkish pregnant and nonpregnant women: correlation with
hormone profile. The European Research Journal, 5(2), 258 - 267. Doi: 10.18621/eurj.432490
