Salvatore Caruso1, Roberta Brescia2, Maria Grazia Matarazzo2, Giuliana Giunta2, Agnese Maria Chiara Rapisarda2, Antonio Cianci2. 1. Department of General Surgery and Medical Surgical Specialties, Gynecological Clinic, Research Group for Sexology, Policlinico Universitario, Catania, Italy. Electronic address: scaruso@unict.it. 2. Department of General Surgery and Medical Surgical Specialties, Gynecological Clinic, Research Group for Sexology, Policlinico Universitario, Catania, Italy.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of different subtypes of urinary incontinence (UI) on sexual function and quality of life (QoL). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ninety-three women with UI were enrolled in the observational study. By the urodynamic findings, 32 women (34.5 %) were diagnosed with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), 35 (37.6%) with urgency urinary incontinence (UUI), and 26 (27.9%) with mixed urinary incontinence (MUI). The Short Form-36 questionnaire was used to investigate the QoL, and the Female Sexual Function Index and Female Sexual Distress Scale questionnaires were used to study sexual function and sexual distress, respectively. RESULTS: Low mean total Female Sexual Function Index scores and high mean Female Sexual Distress Scale total scores were obtained for each group. However, women with MUI showed a significantly higher impairment of female sexual function (P <.05) compared with others. Women with MUI and UUI had more orgasmic disorder than those with SUI, and women with MUI and SUI had mainly lower sexual desire than those with UUI. QoL was worse in women of all groups, particularly in those with UUI and MUI. CONCLUSION: UI, whatever its nature, has a significant impact on sexual function; notwithstanding, the subgroups of UI, namely SUI, UUI, and MUI, may have their sexual function affected in different ways. All subtypes of UI can have severe consequences on perception of QoL, but when compared, a significantly high impairment of QoL was observed in the MUI and the UUI groups.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of different subtypes of urinary incontinence (UI) on sexual function and quality of life (QoL). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ninety-three women with UI were enrolled in the observational study. By the urodynamic findings, 32 women (34.5 %) were diagnosed with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), 35 (37.6%) with urgency urinary incontinence (UUI), and 26 (27.9%) with mixed urinary incontinence (MUI). The Short Form-36 questionnaire was used to investigate the QoL, and the Female Sexual Function Index and Female Sexual Distress Scale questionnaires were used to study sexual function and sexual distress, respectively. RESULTS: Low mean total Female Sexual Function Index scores and high mean Female Sexual Distress Scale total scores were obtained for each group. However, women with MUI showed a significantly higher impairment of female sexual function (P <.05) compared with others. Women with MUI and UUI had more orgasmic disorder than those with SUI, and women with MUI and SUI had mainly lower sexual desire than those with UUI. QoL was worse in women of all groups, particularly in those with UUI and MUI. CONCLUSION: UI, whatever its nature, has a significant impact on sexual function; notwithstanding, the subgroups of UI, namely SUI, UUI, and MUI, may have their sexual function affected in different ways. All subtypes of UI can have severe consequences on perception of QoL, but when compared, a significantly high impairment of QoL was observed in the MUI and the UUI groups.
Authors: Maryse Larouche; Arianne Y K Albert; Nancy Lipsky; Sharon Walmsley; Mona Loutfy; Fiona Smaill; Sylvie Trottier; Ari Bitnun; Mark H Yudin; Geoffrey W Cundiff; Deborah M Money Journal: Int Urogynecol J Date: 2020-05-22 Impact factor: 2.894
Authors: Lara Terra; Maartje J Hooning; Bernadette A M Heemskerk-Gerritsen; Marc van Beurden; Jeanine E Roeters van Lennep; Helena C van Doorn; Joanne A de Hullu; Constantijne Mom; Eleonora B L van Dorst; Marian J E Mourits; Brigitte F M Slangen; Katja N Gaarenstroom; M Carola Zillikens; Tim Leiner; Lizet van der Kolk; Margriet Collee; Marijke Wevers; Margreet G E M Ausems; Klaartje van Engelen; Lieke Pv Berger; Christi J van Asperen; Encarna B Gomez-Garcia; Irma van de Beek; Matti A Rookus; Michael Hauptmann; Eveline M Bleiker; Sanne B Schagen; Neil K Aaronson; Angela H E M Maas; Flora E van Leeuwen Journal: JMIR Res Protoc Date: 2021-01-22