Hypertension as a risk factor for female sexual dysfunction: cross-sectional study.
Rev Bras Enferm
; 71(5): 2477-2482, 2018.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30304179
OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the sexual dysfunction in hypertensive patients compared to normotensive patients. METHOD: this was a cross-sectional study. Samples were composed of 54 hypertensive patients and 54 normotensive patients. The female sexual dysfunction was evaluated by the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). RESULTS: the average FSFI score differed highly between hypertensive and normotensive patients (22.4± 7.4 versus 26.8 ±5.4, p< 0.001). Among hypertensive patients, 63% showed sexual dysfunction in opposition to 39% of normotensive patients (p=0.02). Hypertensive women had 1.67 more chances of showing the dysfunction than women with normal blood pressure. CONCLUSION: the sexual dysfunction prevalence is higher in hypertensive than in normotensive women hence, hypertension is a potentiator factor for female sexual dysfunction.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Disfunções Sexuais Fisiológicas
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Hipertensão
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rev Bras Enferm
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil