Factors affecting sexual function in premenopausal age women with type 2 diabetes: a comprehensive study.
OBJECTIVE
To compare the factors affecting sexual function in premenopausal women with type 2 diabetes using the female sexual function index (FSFI).


METHODS
Cross-sectional study.


METHODS
Premenopausal women with type 2 diabetes and healthy volunteers in an academic research environment.


METHODS
Sixty-two type 2 diabetic women were compared with 50 controls. The FSFI scores of the patients were compared according to age, duration of diabetes, marriage, socioeconomic status, parity, menstruation regularity, body mass index (BMI), and smoking.


METHODS
None.


METHODS
Female sexual function index scores.


RESULTS
The mean FSFI score in diabetics was lower than in controls. Menstrual irregularity and duration of diabetes affected female sexual function unlike age, BMI, socioeconomic status, duration of marriage, or parity. Regularly menstruating women had higher FSFI scores (27.1 ± 6.7) than irregularly menstruating women (20.7 ± 7.4). Type 2 diabetics were divided into three groups according to duration of diabetes. The women having diabetes longer than 10 years had the worse sexual function. Also, smoking affected inversely female sexual well being.


CONCLUSIONS
Menstrual disturbance, smoking, and longer duration of diabetes (more than 10 years) impair FSFI scores in premenopausal women with type 2 diabetes.
Yencilek
Faruk
F
Department of Urology, Yeditepe University Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey. fyencilek@yeditepe.edu.tr
Attar
Rukset
R
Erol
Bulent
B
Narin
Raziye
R
Aydın
Hasan
H
Karateke
Ateş
A
Sarıca
Kemal
K
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017533:Marital Status; D008598:Menstruation / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010298:Parity / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D017697:Premenopause / Q000502:physiology*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D012907:Smoking; D012923:Social Class; D013997:Time Factors