Investigating the Relationships Between Obesity and Sexual Function and Its Components

lranian journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases

Zahra Yazdznpanahi²  Marzieh Akbarzadeh³  Najaf Zare⁴  Zahra Beygi¹ 

[1] Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran;Community Based Psychiatric Care Research Center, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran;Maternal-Fetal Medicine Research Center, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran;Department of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Infertility Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran

关键词: Body Mass Index;    BMI;    Waist-to-Hip Ratio;    WHR;    Sexual Function;    Women;   

DOI  :  10.17795/semj38573

学科分类：基础医学

来源: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

【 摘 要 】

Background:Propersexualfunctionisanimportantfactorthataffectsfamilystrength.Recently,theissueofobesityandtheinfluenceofbodymassindex(BMI)onsexualfunctionhavereceivedincreasingresearchattention.Objectives:Thisstudyaimedtoinvestigatetherelationshipbetweensexualfunctionanditsdomainswithobesityandcentralobesity.Methods:Thiscross-sectionalstudywasconductedon514womenaged15-45yearswhopresentedatShirazhealthcarecentersin2014-2015.Simplerandomsamplingwasperformed.Datawerecollectedbyapplyingthefemalesexualfunctionindex(FSFI),weight,andmeter.Thequestionnaireconsistedof19questionsthatevaluatedsixdomains,asfollows:sexualdesire,arousal,lubrication,orgasm,satisfaction,andpain.Scoreslt;28onthequestionnairewereconsideredtorepresentsexualdysfunction.Theresultswereanalyzedusingthet-test,Fishertest,Chi-squaretest,andPearsoncorrelationcoefficient.Results:Themeanageofthesubjectswas30.9±5.8years.ThemeanscoreforBMIinpeoplewithsexualdysfunctionwas25.5±4.09,whichwasnotstatisticallysignificantlydifferentfromthosewithoutsexualdysfunction.Themeanscoreofcentralobesitywas0.75±0.12inpeoplewithsexualdysfunction;thiswasnotstatisticallysignificantincomparisontothosewithoutsexualdysfunction.Amongthefemalesexualfunctiondomains,onlysexualdesire(P=0.05)andarousal(P=0.02)hadasignificantcorrelationwithBMI.Thereweresignificantrelationshipsbetweenwaist-to-hipratio(WHR)andsexualarousal(P=0.04)andsatisfaction(P=0.02).Conclusions:TheonlysignificantrelationshipswerefoundbetweensexualdesireandarousalandBMIandbetweencentralobesityandsexualarousalandsatisfaction.

【 授权许可】

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