Assessment of quality of sexual life in women with adenomyosis
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Women with adenomyosis exhibit significantly impaired sexual function, increased sexual distress, and reduced quality of sexual life compared to controls without adenomyosis or deep infiltrating endometriosis.
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Abstract
This study aimed to assess the impact of adenomyosis (AD) on different domains of sexual life. The study population included three groups: one composed of 68 women diagnosed with AD by transvaginal ultrasound, a second group comprised by 65 women diagnosed with isolated deep infiltrating endometriosis by transvaginal ultrasound and a third group including 70 women without AD or/and endometriosis. All participants completed the Brief Profile of Female Sexual Function (B-PFSF), the Female Sexual Distress Scale (FSDS), and the Sexual Quality of Life-Female (SQOL-F) questionnaire. Compared with non-AD/DIE controls, women with AD present significantly lower scores of the B-PFSF and the SQOL-F questionnaires and higher FSDS questionnaire scores (p < .0001). There were no differences between the groups of AD and deep infiltrating endometriosis. Clinicians should be aware that the quality of sexual life may be affected in patients with AD. Early diagnosis and multidisciplinary management would contribute to preventing impairment of sexual quality of life in these patients.
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