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. 2023 Jan-Feb;68(1):121.
doi: 10.4103/ijd.ijd_565_22.

Sexual Dysfunction and Associated Factors in Women with Psoriasis

Hao Trong Nguyen  1 , Van Thi Ngoc Ngo  2 , Nguyen Nhat Pham  1 , Nghi Huu Dinh  3 , Tu Nguyen Anh Tran  1
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Sexual Dysfunction and Associated Factors in Women with Psoriasis

Hao Trong Nguyen et al. Indian J Dermatol. 2023 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Context: Psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease, may negatively affect sexual function; however, data on the sexual health of female patients with psoriasis in Vietnam are lacking.

Aims: To assess the risk of sexual dysfunction (SD) and its associated factors in female patients with psoriasis who visited the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Dermato-Venereology from April 2020 to October 2020.

Settings and design: Cross-sectional study.

Methods and material: A total of 302 female patients with psoriasis aged 18 to 49 years were recruited. The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) was used to assess the risk of SD (cut-off value at 26).

Results: The risk of SD accounted for 79.1% of the study population and was not associated with age, comorbidities, weight, or trigger factors. Urban dwellers had greater odds of SD risk than non-urban dwellers (OR = 2.63). Similar trends were observed in terms of higher education than grade 12, less than once a week of physical activities, and psychological stress as a trigger factor (OR = 1.89, 2.65, and 3.41, respectively). Female psoriasis patients with SD risk had a lower age of onset and higher weight, BMI, waist circumference, and PASI than patients who did not (P < 0.05). Psychological stress and high PASI were independent risk factors of SD risk in female patients with psoriasis (P < 0.05).

Conclusions: Factors with negative impacts on psoriasis may also increase the risk of SD in female patients; among these factors, psychological stress and high PASI were the strongest predictors of SD in female patients with psoriasis.

Keywords: Female; female sexual function index; psoriasis; sexual dysfunction.

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