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Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of female pelvic floor dysfunction on sexual function and quality of life among different age groups.
Methods: An observational study was carried out on 648 patients with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) or/and stress urinary incontinence. We assessed female sexual function and quality of life through the Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire Short Form and Incontinence Quality of Life Scale before surgeries, respectively. Patients were assigned into different age groups.
Results: The mean age of all patients was 62.04 ± 9.39 years. A total of 436 patients had POP, 120 patients had stress urinary incontinence and the remaining patients had both. Although sexual frequency decreased with increasing age, 517 patients still remained sexually active. A total of 10.83% of the patients aged ≥70 years were still sexually active, and 8.51% of them had sex less than one time per month. The Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire Short Form score and sexual frequency decreased with increasing age. However, the Incontinence Quality of Life Scale score increased with increasing age. Patients with only POP and aged ≥70 years showed a higher Incontinence Quality of Life Scale score (P < 0.001).
Conclusions: The present study showed that POP and stress urinary incontinence are common among older Chinese women, and re associated with decreased sexual satisfaction and quality of life in China. It suggests that the existing sexual requirement of these patients should also be reconsidered before surgical assessment. Doctors should take sexual satisfaction into consideration when choosing a personalized type of surgery to improve the patients' quality of life physiologically and psychologically. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2019; 19: 299-304.
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