ArticleInflammatory bowel diseases2018
Development of a Sexual Dysfunction Scale for Women With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
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- SD in IBD: Does Advanced Therapy Improve Sexual Dysfunction in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease?Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Article
- Longitudinal Study of Sexual Dysfunction in Men and Women with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Initiating Biologic or Small Molecule Therapy.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Article
- Addressing Factors that Impact Sexual Well-Being and Intimacy in IBD Patients.Current gastroenterology reports · 2025Review
- Health Maintenance and Unique Health Needs of the Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Woman with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2025Review
- Effects of inflammatory bowel diseases on sexual function in women.Irish journal of medical science · 2025Article
- Sexual Health in Women with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Associations with sexual dysfunction among a Canadian cohort with inflammatory bowel disease.Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology · 2025Article
- The potential link between inflammatory bowel disease and male erectile dysfunction: mechanistic insights and novel therapeutic perspectives.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Reproductive and sexual health concerns in gastrointestinal illness: a narrative review.Translational gastroenterology and hepatology · 2025Review
- The Impact of Disease Activity on Sexual and Erectile Dysfunction in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Inflammatory bowel diseases · 2023Article
- Inflammatory bowel disease is associated with worse sexual function: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Translational andrology and urology · 2022Article
- Sexual Dysfunction in Female Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Overview.Clinical and experimental gastroenterology · 2022Review
- "Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell therapy for the management of female sexual dysfunction: Literature reviews and study design of a clinical trial".Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022Review
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- Sexual Dysfunction in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: What the Specialist Should Know and Ask.International journal of general medicine · 2021Review
- Addressing Sexual Dysfunction in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease-We Can Do Better.Crohn's & colitis 360 · 2020Article
- DDS Perspective: Reflections of a Woman in Gastroenterology.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2019Article
- A Longitudinal Study of Sexual Function in Women With Newly Diagnosed Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Inflammatory bowel diseases · 2019Article
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Abstract
Background: Women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may have decreased sexual function. To understand how common this condition is in our female patients, we developed a new IBD-specific Female Sexual Dysfunction Scale (the IBD-FSDS). Methods: We performed a prospective cross-sectional study of 454 female IBD patients ≥18 years of age attending 1 of 3 IBD clinics in the United States or Denmark. We gathered information on sexual function via a de novo 23-item scale. General sexual functioning was measured with the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and the Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised (FSDS-R). Depressive symptoms were measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Medical history and sociodemographic data were collected via chart review. Exploratory factor analyses (EFAs) of the English language version of IBD-FSDS assessed unidimensionality, factor structure, reliability, criterion validity, and construct validity. Results: EFAs suggested retaining 15-items creating a unidimensional scale with strong internal consistency reliability (α = 0.93). Validity of the English language IBD-FSDS was measured using Spearman's coefficient, demonstrating significant criterion validity with the FSDS-R (P < 0.05) and the FSFI (P < 0.05) and significant construct validity with the composite for cases of active IBD (P < 0.05) and PHQ-9 (P < 0.05). Sexual dysfunction in women with IBD was significantly associated with depression (P = 0.042), active IBD (P = 0.002), and no history of surgery (P = 0.044). Conclusions: We have developed and validated an IBD-specific scale to assess the psychosexual impact of IBD in women. This novel screening questionnaire may help health care providers recognize factors contributing to impaired sexual function in their female patients.
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