Investigating the sexual function and its associated factors in women with chronic illnesses

Mukadder Mollaoğlu, Fatma Özkan Tuncay and Tülay K Fertelli

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2013, vol. 22, issue 23-24, 3484-3491

Abstract: Aims and objectives To evaluate sexual dysfunction and the factors that affect sexual dysfunction in women with chronic disease. Background Sexual dysfunction is one of the most common problems in women with chronic disease. There is limited understanding of the related factors of sexual dysfunction in women with chronic disease, with research currently limited to other problems and problems related to chronic diseases. Design This research was conducted as a descriptive survey. Methods This study involved 100 female inpatients at clinics of internal medicine of a university hospital. Data were collected with a patients identification form and a female sexual function index (KCFI). Kruskal–Wallis test, test of significance of difference between two means and test of significance of difference between two pairs were used in the data analysis. Results Sixty‐five percentage of women in the sample were defined to have sexual dysfunction. The majority of women expressed pain during sexual intercourse, problems in orgasm and satisfaction, and reluctance to have sex. Older age, being unemployed, being in menopause, fatigue, sleep disorder, and pain and weakness in extremities were the factors that were found to significantly affect the prevalence of sexual dysfunction (p

Date: 2013
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