title: Impact of overactive bladder and lower urinary tract symptoms on sexual health in Japanese women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to assess whether lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) affect sexual function in Japanese females.
  
  
  METHODS
  A multi-component questionnaire was mailed to 576 female hospital workers. It contained the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and a self-administered questionnaire pertaining to LUTS.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 276 responses (overall response rate, 47.9%), 146 questionnaires were evaluable. LUTS had been experienced by 72 (49.3%) of the respondents, 17 (11.6%) had urge urinary incontinence, and 35 (24.0%) had stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The mean overall FSFI score was 22.4 ± 9.0. The mean FSFI score was not significantly different between women with LUTS and women without LUTS (23.2 ± 9.3 and 21.6 ± 8.8, respectively; P = 0.057). However, the mean FSFI score of women with SUI was significantly lower than that of women without it (P = 0.04). No other symptoms showed significant differences in FSFI scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that sexual dysfunction is related to SUI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Okayama University Hospital, 2-5-1 Shikatacho, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sako
authors.forename: Miyabi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Toyohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Ayano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Teruhiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Hiromi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kumon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D053201:Urinary Bladder, Overactive / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult
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