TY - JOUR ID - 33048 TI - Sexual Dysfunction in Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Malaysia JO - Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention JA - APJCP LA - en SN - 1513-7368 AU - Dashti, Sareh AU - Latiff, Latiffah A AU - Hamid, Habibah Abdul AU - Sani, Suriani Mohamad AU - Akhtari-Zavare, Mehrnoosh AU - Abu Bakar, Azrin Shah AU - Binti Sabri, Nur Amirah Inani AU - Ismail, Maimunah AU - Esfehani, Ali Jafarzadeh AD - Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia AD - Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 17 IS - 8 SP - 3747 EP - 3751 DO - N2 - Background Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a combination of chronic anovulation, obesity, and hyperandrogenism and can affect sexual function in women of reproductive age. It is also associated with endometrial cancer. Our aim was to evaluate the frequency and predisposing factors of sexual dysfunction in PCOS patients. Materials and Methods In this cross-sectional study, 16 married women with a de nite diagnosis of PCOS were recruited. Sexual function was assessed in the domains of desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction and pain using the female sexual function index (FSFI) questionnaire. Patients were also assessed for mental health using the depression, anxiety and stress (DASS-21) questionnaire. Presence of hirsutism was assessed using the Ferriman-Gallwey (FG) scoring system. Demographic data were obtained from patients during in-person interview. Results Sexual dysfunction was present in 62.5% of patients with the domains of arousal and lubrication particularly affected (93.8% and 87.5%, respectively). Patients with symptoms of depression and anxiety were signi cantly more likely to suffer sexual dysfunction than those without these symptoms (p0.04 and p0.03 respectively). Patients with stress symptoms reported higher orgasm dysfunction than those without (p0.02). No signi cant difference in any of the FSFI score domains was observed between patients with and without hirsutism. Conclusions PCOS patients markedly suffer from sexual dysfunction and therefore it seems appropriate to be screened for intervention. Poor mental health conditions that may be the result of infertility or other complications of PCOS should also be considered as curable causes of sexual dysfunction in these patients. UR - https://journal.waocp.org/article_33048.html L1 - https://journal.waocp.org/article_33048_88d7908ddc7bc886baa5077ae8cce06a.pdf ER -