Sexual functioning of women with fibromyalgia.
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چکیده
OBJECTIVE To examine sexual functioning at the specific phases of the sexual response cycle among women with fibromyalgia. METHODS The Questionnaire for screening Sexual Dysfunctions - Short Form (QSD-SF) was filled out by 63 premenopausal, heterosexual women with fibromyalgia (age: 21-54 years) who were recruited at meetings of regional patient associations. RESULTS The women with fibromyalgia did not differ from healthy women of an age reference group with respect to functioning in the excitement and the orgasm phases, but reported more problems with sexual desire and satisfaction, more pain in their body, and insensitivity (but not pain) in their genitals before, during or after having sex. Mental distress, but not pain, was a significant predictor of virtually all aspects of sexual dysfunction. CONCLUSION Our study generates the hypothesis that the psychological but not the physiological aspect of the sexual response cycle is more disturbed than normal in fibromyalgia. This finding needs confirmation in a more representative population.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical and experimental rheumatology
دوره 24 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006