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OBJECTIVES:Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is increasingly attracting more scientific and public interest, and represents a poorly investigated issue in patients with essential hypertension. We evaluated the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in hypertensive women compared with normotensive women according to age, hypertension severity, hypertension duration, and antihypertensive treatment. METHODS:The study population consisted of consecutive, sexually active women attending an outpatient hypertension clinic. The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI questionnaire) was used to evaluate FSD. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to evaluate predictors of FSD. RESULTS:Four hundred and seventeen women were studied. From them, 216 women had arterial hypertension (136 treated, 80 untreated) and 201 were normotensive. Sexual dysfunction was found in 42.1% of hypertensive women compared with 19.4% of normotensive women (odds ratio, 3.2; 95% confidence interval, 1.9-4.7; P < 0.001). Systolic blood pressure levels were significantly related to FSFI score (r = -0.67, P < 0.001). Successful control of hypertension was related to lower prevalence of FSD. Increasing age (beta = -0.187, P = 0.001), increasing systolic blood pressure (beta = -0.687, P < 0.001), and beta-blocker administration (beta = -0.162, P = 0.001) were significant predictors of sexual dysfunction in this patient population. CONCLUSIONS:FSD is more prevalent in women with essential hypertension compared with women with normal blood pressure, and its prevalence declines with adequate blood pressure control. Adequate control of hypertension with medication not affecting sexual function can have a great impact on the quality of life of hypertensive patients. Physicians should recognize and properly manage FSD in hypertensive women.
journal_name
J Hypertensjournal_title
Journal of hypertensionauthors
Doumas M,Tsiodras S,Tsakiris A,Douma S,Chounta A,Papadopoulos A,Kanellakopoulou K,Giamarellou Hdoi
10.1097/01.hjh.0000251898.40002.5bsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-12-01 00:00:00pages
2387-92issue
12eissn
0263-6352issn
1473-5598pii
00004872-200612000-00012journal_volume
24pub_type
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