Sexual Function and Depression among Reproductive Age Women with Hyperthyroidism | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 103, Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2021, Pages 1670-1679 PDF (217.95 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.222513 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Doaa Mostafa Ramadan Sheashaa1; Basama Wageah Mohamed Elrefay2; Amina Abdelrazik Ahmed Eldeeb2; Heba Mohamed Mohamed Gamee* 3; Eman hessin Yousef heggy4 | ||
| 1PhD in Woman’s health & Midwifery nursing , clinical instructor, faculty of nursing, Damietta university | ||
| 2PhD in Woman’s health & Midwifery nursing, faculty of nursing ,Mansoura university | ||
| 3PhD in Medical surgical nursing , clinical instructor, faculty of nursing,Damietta university | ||
| 4Lecturer of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Thyroid disease and sexual dysfunction are common conditions that can have a harmful effect on Sexual function and depression among reproductive age women. Recent reports have documented an increased prevalence of sexual dysfunction among patients with thyroid disorders. Aim of Study: Assessing sexual function and depression among reproductive age women with hyperthyroidism. Methods: A total of 44 women with clinical hyperthyroidism and 44 age-matched healthy women controls were included in the study. Design: A comparative descriptive design was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted at surgical wards and outpatient clinic at Mansoura university hospital and Alazhar university hospital New Damietta. Tools: Three data collection tools were used: Tool 1, socio-demographic questionnaires, Tool II A Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaire for sexual status ,Tool III, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) for psychiatric assessment. Results: The mean total FSFI scores were (23.54±10.76) in the hyperthyroidic group and (31.16 ± 11.65) in the control group (P < 0.000). Desire (P < 0.030), arousal (P < 0.000), lubrication (P < 0.002), orgasm (P < 0.000), satisfaction (P < 0.001), and pain (P < 0.006) domain scores were also significantly lower in women with hyperthyroidism. The mean scores of BDI for hyperthyroidic patients was significantly greater than the score for the control group (P <0.000).Conclusion: The hyperthyroidic women had sexual dysfunction and depressive symptoms compared to age matched women in the control group. There were a strong association between clinical hyperthyroidism and female sexual dysfunction. Increases depressive symptoms also were associated with hyperthyroidism and female sexual dysfunction. Recommendation: Availability of a simple and guided instruction booklet for all women with hyperthyroidism to provide all the necessary information, in particular for sexual dysfunction and depression. Background: Thyroid disease and sexual dysfunction are common conditions that can have a harmful effect on Sexual function and depression among reproductive age women. Recent reports have documented an increased prevalence of sexual dysfunction among patients with thyroid disorders. Aim of Study: Assessing sexual function and depression among reproductive age women with hyperthyroidism. Methods: A total of 44 women with clinical hyperthyroidism and 44 age-matched healthy women controls were included in the study. Design: A comparative descriptive design was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted at surgical wards and outpatient clinic at Mansoura university hospital and Alazhar university hospital New Damietta. Tools: Three data collection tools were used: Tool 1, socio-demographic questionnaires, Tool II A Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaire for sexual status ,Tool III, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) for psychiatric assessment. Results: The mean total FSFI scores were (23.54±10.76) in the hyperthyroidic group and (31.16 ± 11.65) in the control group (P < 0.000). Desire (P < 0.030), arousal (P < 0.000), lubrication (P < 0.002), orgasm (P < 0.000), satisfaction (P < 0.001), and pain (P < 0.006) domain scores were also significantly lower in women with hyperthyroidism. The mean scores of BDI for hyperthyroidic patients was significantly greater than the score for the control group (P <0.000).Conclusion: The hyperthyroidic women had sexual dysfunction and depressive symptoms compared to age matched women in the control group. There were a strong association between clinical hyperthyroidism and female sexual dysfunction. Increases depressive symptoms also were associated with hyperthyroidism and female sexual dysfunction. Recommendation: Availability of a simple and guided instruction booklet for all women with hyperthyroidism to provide all the necessary information, in particular for sexual dysfunction and depression. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Hyperthyroidism; Female Sexual Dysfunction; Depression; Reproductive Age | ||
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