title: Sexual dysfunction in patients with painful bladder syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The degree of sexual dysfunction in patients with Painful Bladder Syndrome (PBS) has not been documented previously. The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) was used to measure the degree of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) in these patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  The FSFI was administered on-line to female patients with self-reported PBS. This 19-item questionnaire evaluated FSD in six domains: desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The data was analyzed on an item-for-item basis and by the six domains of sexual dysfunction for 100 patients and compared to a control group of 131 healthy volunteers and a second group consisting of 128 patients with Female Sexual Arousal Disorder (FSAD). When compared with the controls, PBS patients self-report sexual dysfunction in all domains evaluated by the FSFI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The degree of FSD in PBS patients is significantly higher in all domains when compared to the control group.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Robert C. Byrd Health Science Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA.
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zaslau
authors.forename: Elizabeth T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fooks
authors.forename: Dale
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Riggs
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Osborne
authors.forename: Stanley J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kandzari
mesh_terms: D018856:Cystitis, Interstitial / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000150:complications*