Prevalence and Factors Associated with Female Sexual Dysfunction in Beijing, China

BACKGROUND: Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is a highly prevalent and often underestimated problem. However, large-scale, population-based epidemiological surveys of FSD are scarce in China. The present study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence and the potential risk factors of FSD across a sel...

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Autores principales: Lou, Wen-Jia, Chen, Bo, Zhu, Lan, Han, Shao-Mei, Xu, Tao, Lang, Jing-He, Zhang, Lei
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5463466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28584199
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0366-6999.207466
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author Lou, Wen-Jia
Chen, Bo
Zhu, Lan
Han, Shao-Mei
Xu, Tao
Lang, Jing-He
Zhang, Lei
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Chen, Bo
Zhu, Lan
Han, Shao-Mei
Xu, Tao
Lang, Jing-He
Zhang, Lei
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description BACKGROUND: Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is a highly prevalent and often underestimated problem. However, large-scale, population-based epidemiological surveys of FSD are scarce in China. The present study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence and the potential risk factors of FSD across a selection of social groups in Beijing, China, based on the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). METHODS: A cross-sectional study based on the multiple-stage cluster sampling was performed with adult women throughout the Dongcheng and Shunyi districts of Beijing. The Chinese version of FSFI was used, as well as questions on demographic characteristics, the disease-related context, and social relationships. RESULTS: A total of 6000 consecutive women entered this study, with an actual response from 5024 women, corresponding to a response rate of 83.7%. A total of 4697 (78.3%) questionnaires were effective. The prevalence of adult FSD in Beijing was 2973 (63.3%) using a score of 26.55 as the boundary value, whereas the total mean FSFI score was 23.92 ± 6.37. However, 1423 (30.3%) women did not seek help. By multivariate logistic regression analysis, the possible potential risk factors included age (odds ratio [OR] = 1.051), dissatisfaction with the spouse's sexual ability (OR = 3.520), poor marital affection (OR = 2.087), spouse sexual difficulties (OR = 1.720), dissatisfaction with married life (OR = 1.476), living in a rural area (OR = 1.292), chronic pelvic pain (OR = 1.261), chronic disease (OR = 1.534), previous pelvic surgery (OR = 1.605), vaginal delivery (OR = 2.285), lower education (OR = 3.449) and postmenopausal (OR = 3.183). CONCLUSIONS: As suggested by the FSFI scores, female sexual problems are highly prevalent in Beijing. Dissatisfaction with the spouse's sexual ability, poor marital affection, sexual difficulties of the spouse, dissatisfaction with the marriage, rural life, CPP, and postmenopausal were conceivable risk factors for FSD in Beijing women.
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spelling pubmed-54634662017-06-20 Prevalence and Factors Associated with Female Sexual Dysfunction in Beijing, China Lou, Wen-Jia Chen, Bo Zhu, Lan Han, Shao-Mei Xu, Tao Lang, Jing-He Zhang, Lei Chin Med J (Engl) Original Article BACKGROUND: Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is a highly prevalent and often underestimated problem. However, large-scale, population-based epidemiological surveys of FSD are scarce in China. The present study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence and the potential risk factors of FSD across a selection of social groups in Beijing, China, based on the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). METHODS: A cross-sectional study based on the multiple-stage cluster sampling was performed with adult women throughout the Dongcheng and Shunyi districts of Beijing. The Chinese version of FSFI was used, as well as questions on demographic characteristics, the disease-related context, and social relationships. RESULTS: A total of 6000 consecutive women entered this study, with an actual response from 5024 women, corresponding to a response rate of 83.7%. A total of 4697 (78.3%) questionnaires were effective. The prevalence of adult FSD in Beijing was 2973 (63.3%) using a score of 26.55 as the boundary value, whereas the total mean FSFI score was 23.92 ± 6.37. However, 1423 (30.3%) women did not seek help. By multivariate logistic regression analysis, the possible potential risk factors included age (odds ratio [OR] = 1.051), dissatisfaction with the spouse's sexual ability (OR = 3.520), poor marital affection (OR = 2.087), spouse sexual difficulties (OR = 1.720), dissatisfaction with married life (OR = 1.476), living in a rural area (OR = 1.292), chronic pelvic pain (OR = 1.261), chronic disease (OR = 1.534), previous pelvic surgery (OR = 1.605), vaginal delivery (OR = 2.285), lower education (OR = 3.449) and postmenopausal (OR = 3.183). CONCLUSIONS: As suggested by the FSFI scores, female sexual problems are highly prevalent in Beijing. Dissatisfaction with the spouse's sexual ability, poor marital affection, sexual difficulties of the spouse, dissatisfaction with the marriage, rural life, CPP, and postmenopausal were conceivable risk factors for FSD in Beijing women. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5463466/ /pubmed/28584199 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0366-6999.207466 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Chinese Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Lou, Wen-Jia
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Xu, Tao
Lang, Jing-He
Zhang, Lei
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title_short Prevalence and Factors Associated with Female Sexual Dysfunction in Beijing, China
title_sort prevalence and factors associated with female sexual dysfunction in beijing, china
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5463466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28584199
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0366-6999.207466
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