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ArticleBrain and behavior2021

Eating disorders and sexuality: A quantitative study in a French medically assisted procreation course.

Marie Audier-Bourgain, Thierry Baubet, Alexandra Pham-Scottez, Maurice Corcos, Isabelle Nicolas

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Article in Brain and behavior, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marie Audier-BourgainDepartment of Children and Adolescents, Psychopathology, Avicenna Hospital, General Psychiatry and Addictology Specialized, Bobigny, France.ORCID 0000-0002-4739-3353
Thierry BaubetDepartment of Children and Adolescents, Psychopathology, Avicenna Hospital, General Psychiatry and Addictology Specialized, Bobigny, France.
Alexandra Pham-ScottezPsychiatric Orientation And Reception Center, GHU Paris Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Paris Cedex 14, France.
Maurice CorcosDepartment of adolescent and young adult psychiatry, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris cedex 14, France.
Isabelle NicolasDepartment of adolescent and young adult psychiatry, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris cedex 14, France.
Hôpital Avicenne · FRInstitute Mutualiste Montsouris · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAmong medically assisted procreation (MAP) patients, the prevalence of eating disorders (ED), clinical or subclinical, current or past, is considerable. In addition to metabolic repercussions, the literature suggests that these patients present with more sexual dysfunction, leading to anxiety. This quantitative research on a population of women consulting a MAP department for unexplained or ovulatory infertility proposed to study the sexuality of this population by comparing the sexuality of patients suffering from or having suffered from an ED to the sexuality of the non-ED group.

methodPatients (n = 61) filled out the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q), the Brief Index of Sexual Functioning for Women (BISF-W), the ED Whole Life Research Questionnaire, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale (KMSS).

resultsWe found a prevalence of 54% of ED, current or past. Even though these patients reported the same prevalence of sexual intercourse, they had significantly more physical problems (e.g., anorgasmia, vaginismus, headache) affecting their sexuality (p = .01) than the non-ED group, after adjusting for depression. Approximately 10% of the study population reported no intravaginal intercourse during the last month. DISCUSSION: This study provides evidence for the existence of more sexual dysfunction in patients who have a fertility disorder and have ED or a history of ED. Future research should evaluate the results of psychological or sexological care that may be more suitable for the infertility of these patients.

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Feeding and Eating DisordersSexual Dysfunction, PhysiologicalAnxietyFemaleHumansSexual BehaviorSexualitySurveys and Questionnaireseating disorderinfertilitymedically assisted procreationsexualitywomen

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PMCPMC8413734
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