Oophorectomy in premenopausal women: health-related quality of life and sexual functioning.
OBJECTIVE
To compare health-related quality-of-life outcomes and sexual functioning among premenopausal women who underwent bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) versus ovarian conservation at the time of hysterectomy.


METHODS
This is a secondary data analysis of premenopausal women who underwent hysterectomy for benign gynecologic disease in the Medicine or Surgery and the Total or Supracervical Hysterectomy randomized trials. Bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was performed at the patients' requests or to treat intraoperative ovarian pathology. Health-related quality-of-life outcomes and sexual functioning were assessed using the Medical Outcomes Study SF-36, Sexual Problems Scales, and several other measures at 4 weeks, 6 months, and 2 years after hysterectomy.


RESULTS
Mean age at hysterectomy was higher for the 49 women who underwent BSO compared with the 112 women with ovarian conservation (45 versus 40, P<.001). At 6 months, the BSO group demonstrated less improvement than women with ovarian conservation on scales for body image (2 versus 14, P=.01), sleep problems (4 versus 16, P<.01), and the SF-36 Mental Component Summary (4 versus 10, P=.03). There were no differences in any measure of sexual functioning between the groups. Hot flushes, urinary incontinence, and pelvic pain were similar in both groups. At 2-year follow-up, all measures of health-related quality-of-life and sexual functioning appeared similar by BSO status.


CONCLUSIONS
Women who underwent BSO had less improvement in some aspects of health-related quality of life within the first 6 months following hysterectomy compared to women with ovarian conservation. However, these differences were not apparent 2 years after surgery.


METHODS
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Teplin
Vanessa
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Veterans Administration Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA. teplinv@obgyn.ucsf.edu
Vittinghoff
Eric
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Lin
Feng
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Learman
Lee A
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Richter
Holly E
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Kuppermann
Miriam
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001828:Body Image; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007989:Libido; D008875:Middle Aged; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000523:psychology*; D017697:Premenopause; D011788:Quality of Life; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D016896:Treatment Outcome