title: Sexual function in women attending a urogynecology clinic.
abstract: The study prospectively evaluated the relationship between sexual dysfunction and urodynamic diagnoses in 100 consecutive female patients referred for urogynecologic evaluation. Sexual function was evaluated by a detailed questionnaire that addressed four phases of the sexual cycle: desire, arousal, orgasm and satisfaction. Each phase of the sexual cycle was assessed separately using a score of 1-4. Total sexual function (TSF) score was calculated by combining the scores of the four examined parameters (range 4-16). Analysis revealed statistically significant (P < 0.05) lower TSF scores in patients with detrusor instability (DI) than in those with genuine stress incontinence, sensory urge or mixed urodynamic diagnoses (8.65 +/- 4 versus 12.22 + 3.6, 10.25 +/- 4.1 and 11.47 +/- 4.1, respectively). Three per cent of the elderly women (>60 years) compared to 29% of the younger women (< or = 60 years) reported urinary incontinence during sexual activity. Sexual function should therefore be routinely evaluated in women presenting with urinary symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Groutz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sinai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wiezman
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lessing
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aizenberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017773:Pelvic Floor / Q000473:pathology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D014563:Urodynamics