Sexual Satisfaction Among Married Polycystic Ovarian SyndromeWomen

Abstract

Background : There are bio - psychosocial abnormalities in PCOS patients that may impact sexual
function. Multiple features of this disorder can induce emotional stress. Psychological distress may
result in changes in appearance, menstrual irregularity or lack of menstruation, difficulties in
conceiving, disturbed sexual activity and attitudes and may affect the feminine identity of PCOS
patients.
Aim : To evaluate the impact of PCOs on marital sexual satisfaction among a sample of women and to
identify the relationship between demographic characteristic of PCOs women with sexual satisfaction.
Method :This cross-sectional study was conducted in female consultants at Babel Hospital for Women
and Children from period of March 2020 to May 2020. A total of 130 married women at reproductive
age and have a clear diagnosis of PCOS after obtaining written consent.
Result : most of the married women who suffer from PCOS are in the age group 20-29 years, and most
of them were trying to conceive. On the other hand, most of the women with PCOS suffer from fertility
problems. Therewas a strong correlation between age, pregnancy, childbearing, economic status,
frequency of disease occurrence, and symptoms recorded with sexual satisfaction among married
women with PCOS. Also, sexual satisfaction was fair among most of the studied sample of women.
Conclusion :Patients with PCOS suffer significantly to fair sexual dysfunction such as decreased
sexual satisfaction and decreased sexual desire. It seems appropriate to screen all PCOS patients for
sexual function using a simple short questionnaire such as targeted interventions from FSFI that can be
considered to help improve their quality of life beside the treatment .