Prevalence of Female Sexual Dysfunction in Patients with Thyroid Disorders

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Department of Dermatology, Venereology, and Andrology, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Damietta, Egypt

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Background: In women, both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism have been found to be linked to difficulties in desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain during sexual intercourse. There have been numerous investigations into fertility among women with thyroid disorders. However, there is a scarcity of research on sexual dysfunction in this particular group of women.
The aim of the work: The study's aim was to find out how common sexual problems are among women who have thyroid problems.
 Patients and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 300 women diagnosed with a thyroid disease attended at the endocrinology and dermatology, venereology and andrology department outpatient clinics at Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University. An interview-based questionnaire was filled by a trained doctor. The questionnaire consisted of two parts, Baseline data, and Female Sexual function index [FSFI] score. This score comprised six domains: desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction and pain.
Results: In the present study, the cut of point to diagnose FSD was 26; scores less than 26 is considered to have sexual dysfunction. Based on that, we found that 175 patients [59.6%] had sexual dysfunctions, and 125 patients [41.7%] were sexually normal. Correlation analysis between the FSD score and the different study variables revealed no statistically significant correlation between the FSD score and patients age [r=0.08, P = 0.14]. Also, no statistically significant correlation between the BMI and FSD [r =0.03, P = 0.5]. However, a strong negative correlation was found between the duration of thyroid disease and FSD score [r= -0.18, P= 0.001].
Conclusion: Patients with thyroid disorders exhibited a significant incidence of Female Sexual Dysfunction [FSD]. Thus, it was determined that regular screening should be conducted for thyroid disorders in this specific population to detect these disorders at an early stage. 

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