Sexuality of Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis in a West African Hospital  

作　　者：Aly Badra Kamissoko Tayo Nadège Raissa Edikou Abdoulaye Barry Marina Sanda Kadé Fofana Lou Nahan Eunice Irie Mamadou Lamine Diallo Owonayo Oniankitan Aly Badra Kamissoko;Tayo Nadège Raissa Edikou;Abdoulaye Barry;Marina Sanda;Kadé Fofana;Lou Nahan Eunice Irie;Mamadou Lamine Diallo;Owonayo Oniankitan(Department of Rheumatology, Ignace Deen National Hospital, Conakry, Guinea;Department of Rheumatology, Sylvanus Olympio University Hospital, Lomé, Togo)

机构地区：[1]Department of Rheumatology, Ignace Deen National Hospital, Conakry, Guinea [2]Department of Rheumatology, Sylvanus Olympio University Hospital, Lomé, Togo

出　　处：《Open Journal of Rheumatology and Autoimmune Diseases》2021年第4期152-159,共8页风湿病与自身免疫疾病期刊（英文）

摘　　要：<b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Background:</span></b><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes socio-economic, psychological and sexual problems. It imposes limitations on sexual relationships and these issues are still taboo in African society. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Objective:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> T</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">he </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">o</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">bjective is to</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> assess the impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on women’s sexuality at the Ignace Deen National Hospital. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Patients</span></b> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and</span></b> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> This was an analytic case-control study of 8 months (from April 6, 2020 to December 11, 2020). All patients followed for rheumatoid arthritis diagnosed according to 2010 ACR/EULAR criteria for RA had been included. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> One hundred and five women (52 RA patients and 53 controls) were collected. The two groups were comparable in terms of demographic characteristics. Sexual dysfunction was found in 69.2% of cases versus 35.8% of controls. Women with RA had poorer sexual functioning in the categories of desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain of the FSFI score compared to healthy women (p = 0.01;p = 0.7;p = 0.3;p = 0.8;p = 0.1;and p = 0.3 respectively). Patients were 4 times more likely to have sexual dysfunction than healthy individuals and this result was statistically significant with a p-value less than 0.05. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Conclusion:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Sexual dysfunction was <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Background:</span></b><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes socio-economic, psychological and sexual problems. It imposes limitations on sexual relationships and these issues are still taboo in African society. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Objective:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> T</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">he </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">o</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">bjective is to</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> assess the impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on women’s sexuality at the Ignace Deen National Hospital. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Patients</span></b> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and</span></b> <b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> This was an analytic case-control study of 8 months (from April 6, 2020 to December 11, 2020). All patients followed for rheumatoid arthritis diagnosed according to 2010 ACR/EULAR criteria for RA had been included. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> One hundred and five women (52 RA patients and 53 controls) were collected. The two groups were comparable in terms of demographic characteristics. Sexual dysfunction was found in 69.2% of cases versus 35.8% of controls. Women with RA had poorer sexual functioning in the categories of desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain of the FSFI score compared to healthy women (p = 0.01;p = 0.7;p = 0.3;p = 0.8;p = 0.1;and p = 0.3 respectively). Patients were 4 times more likely to have sexual dysfunction than healthy individuals and this result was statistically significant with a p-value less than 0.05. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Conclusion:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Sexual dysfunction was

关 键 词：Rheumatoid Arthritis SEXUALITY FSFI GUINEA 

分 类 号：O17[理学—数学]