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Sexual dysfunction in multiple sclerosis: a 2-year follow-up study
- Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- Background and objective. Sexual dysfunction severely affects the quality of life of patients, but longitudinal studies of sexual function in multiple sclerosis are lacking. We performed a study on a group of patients with multiple sclerosis to evaluate the change in sexual function and to examine the relationship between sexual dysfunction and other clinical variables over time. Methods. A 2-year follow-up study on 99 patients with definite multiple sclerosis. Information on sexual and sphincteric disturbances have been collected through face-to-face structured interviews. Disability, independence, cognitive performances and psychological functioning have also been assessed. Spearman rank correlation analysis corrected for multiple comparisons, and linear regression analysis have been performed to test variables relationship and remove the effect of potential confounding covariates. Results. The proportion of patients with sexual dysfunction remained over 70% and did not change during the 2-year follow-up, but the extent and number of symptoms increased significantly The number of symptoms of sexual dysfunction did not change significantly after an exacerbation. Significantly, more patients than before the study resorted to counseling and discussed with doctors of sexual matters. In the univariate analysis, changes in sexual function over time correlated with changes in bladder function (r=0.47, p
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Longitudinal study
Multiple Sclerosis
Multivariate analysis
Exacerbation
Sex Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Internal medicine
Prevalence
medicine
Humans
Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic
Fatigue
Physician-Patient Relations
Univariate analysis
Muscle Weakness
Multiple sclerosis
Confounding
behave
ms
medicine.disease
Surgery
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological
Sexual dysfunction
Neurology
Female
Neurology (clinical)
medicine.symptom
Sexual function
Psychology
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....07d01fa1e6978f152c6e6bd7bc072e3f