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ArticleInternational journal of impotence research2020

Sexual dysfunction in female subjects with beta-thalassemia minor.

Şakir Özgür Keşkek, Derya Demirtaş, Gülsüm Uysal, Enes Başaran

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Article in International journal of impotence research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Şakir Özgür KeşkekDepartment of Internal Medicine, Alaaddin Keykubat University School of Medicine, Alanya, Turkey. drkeskek@yahoo.com.
Derya DemirtaşDepartment of Internal Medicine, City Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
Gülsüm UysalDepartment of Gynecology, City Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
Enes BaşaranDepartment of Internal Medicine, City Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
Alanya Hamdullah Emin Pasa University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Beta thalassemia minor (BTM) is a hereditary disease caused by defective globin synthesis and it is frequently asymptomatic or only mildly anemic. Female sexual dysfunction affects 21-41% of women worldwide. In this study we aimed to investigate female sexual dysfunction in subjects with BTM. A total of 183 subjects who had regular sexual intercourse with marital partners were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. The study group was comprised of 87 subjects with BTM and the control group included 96 healthy subjects. Hemoglobin electrophoresis were performed in all subjects, and all participants were assessed by the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaire and the Arizona Sexual Experience Scale (ASEX). The FSFI scores of the study group were significantly lower than in the control group (19.1 ± 9.6 vs. 25.2 ± 6.6, p < 0.001). Conversely, the ASEX scores of the study group were higher than in the control group (15.2 ± 41 vs. 13.5 ± 6.1, p = 0.0085). Sexual functions were poor in subjects with BTM in this study and we conclude that certain metabolic diseases associated with BTM, such as insulin resistance, hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia, may be the main causes of sexual dysfunctions in these subjects.

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beta-ThalassemiaSexual Dysfunction, PhysiologicalCoitusCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansSexual Behavior

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