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Sexual Dysfunction and Quality of Life in Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Their Partners
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic skin disease that profoundly affects patients’ quality of life (QoL) and sexuality. Few data are available on the impact of HS on patients’ partners. We aimed to explore the QoL and sexual function of patients’ partners and the factors associated with their...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9819626/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36612709 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010389 |
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author | Cuenca-Barrales, Carlos Montero-Vilchez, Trinidad Krajewski, Piotr K Szepietowski, Jacek C Matusiak, Lukasz Arias-Santiago, Salvador Molina-Leyva, Alejandro |
author_facet | Cuenca-Barrales, Carlos Montero-Vilchez, Trinidad Krajewski, Piotr K Szepietowski, Jacek C Matusiak, Lukasz Arias-Santiago, Salvador Molina-Leyva, Alejandro |
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description | Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic skin disease that profoundly affects patients’ quality of life (QoL) and sexuality. Few data are available on the impact of HS on patients’ partners. We aimed to explore the QoL and sexual function of patients’ partners and the factors associated with their impairment and to compare the QoL and sexual function of single patients and those in a stable relationship. We conducted a cross-sectional study at Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves (Granada, Spain) and at the Wroclaw Medical University (Wroclaw, Poland). Patients over the age of 16 years attending their scheduled follow-up and their partners, if any, were included. The Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) and the Family Dermatology Life Quality Index (FDLQI) were used to estimate the QoL of patients and partners, respectively. The FSFI-6 was used to determine sexual dysfunction in women and the IIEF-5 for erectile dysfunction in men. Thirty-four single patients and twenty-eight patients in a stable relationship and their partners were included. Patients had a very large impact (DLQI 12.5 ± 7.5) and their partners a moderate impact (FDLQI 10.3 ± 7.1) in their QoL due to HS. Women with HS had a high prevalence of sexual dysfunction (13/32, 40.6%) and men of erectile dysfunction (19/30, 63.3%). Male partners also had a high prevalence of erectile dysfunction (10/17, 58.8%), while only one female partner had sexual dysfunction (1/11, 9.1%). Factors related to disease severity, intensity of symptoms and body mass index were associated with poorer QoL in partners and time of disease evolution with greater erectile dysfunction in male partners. In conclusion, HS not only profoundly affects the QoL and sexuality of patients but also of their partners. Several risk factors have been identified, which should be taken into account in the holistic approach of the disease. |
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spelling | pubmed-98196262023-01-07 Sexual Dysfunction and Quality of Life in Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Their Partners Cuenca-Barrales, Carlos Montero-Vilchez, Trinidad Krajewski, Piotr K Szepietowski, Jacek C Matusiak, Lukasz Arias-Santiago, Salvador Molina-Leyva, Alejandro Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic skin disease that profoundly affects patients’ quality of life (QoL) and sexuality. Few data are available on the impact of HS on patients’ partners. We aimed to explore the QoL and sexual function of patients’ partners and the factors associated with their impairment and to compare the QoL and sexual function of single patients and those in a stable relationship. We conducted a cross-sectional study at Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves (Granada, Spain) and at the Wroclaw Medical University (Wroclaw, Poland). Patients over the age of 16 years attending their scheduled follow-up and their partners, if any, were included. The Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) and the Family Dermatology Life Quality Index (FDLQI) were used to estimate the QoL of patients and partners, respectively. The FSFI-6 was used to determine sexual dysfunction in women and the IIEF-5 for erectile dysfunction in men. Thirty-four single patients and twenty-eight patients in a stable relationship and their partners were included. Patients had a very large impact (DLQI 12.5 ± 7.5) and their partners a moderate impact (FDLQI 10.3 ± 7.1) in their QoL due to HS. Women with HS had a high prevalence of sexual dysfunction (13/32, 40.6%) and men of erectile dysfunction (19/30, 63.3%). Male partners also had a high prevalence of erectile dysfunction (10/17, 58.8%), while only one female partner had sexual dysfunction (1/11, 9.1%). Factors related to disease severity, intensity of symptoms and body mass index were associated with poorer QoL in partners and time of disease evolution with greater erectile dysfunction in male partners. In conclusion, HS not only profoundly affects the QoL and sexuality of patients but also of their partners. Several risk factors have been identified, which should be taken into account in the holistic approach of the disease. MDPI 2022-12-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9819626/ /pubmed/36612709 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010389 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Cuenca-Barrales, Carlos Montero-Vilchez, Trinidad Krajewski, Piotr K Szepietowski, Jacek C Matusiak, Lukasz Arias-Santiago, Salvador Molina-Leyva, Alejandro Sexual Dysfunction and Quality of Life in Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Their Partners |
title | Sexual Dysfunction and Quality of Life in Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Their Partners |
title_full | Sexual Dysfunction and Quality of Life in Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Their Partners |
title_fullStr | Sexual Dysfunction and Quality of Life in Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Their Partners |
title_full_unstemmed | Sexual Dysfunction and Quality of Life in Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Their Partners |
title_short | Sexual Dysfunction and Quality of Life in Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Their Partners |
title_sort | sexual dysfunction and quality of life in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa and their partners |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9819626/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36612709 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010389 |
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