A cross-sectional study of female sexual dysfunction among Turkish pregnant and nonpregnant women: correlation with hormone profile

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) and its correlation with theandrogenic hormones among pregnant and nonpregnant Turkish women.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 251 women, including 137 healthy pregnant and 114 healthynonpregnant Turkish women. Assessment of female sexual function index (FSFI), sociodemographiccharacteristics, serum androgen levels, including the total testosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate(DHEAS), 1-4 delta androstenedione.Results: There was a 65.7 % incidence of FSD in all of the participants, with an incidence of 58.8% in thepregnant and 41.2% in the nonpregnant women. There was no significant difference in the FSFI total scoresbetween the pregnant and nonpregnant women (p > 0.05). Moreover, the androgen levels were not differentbetween the women with sexual dysfunction and those without. The Spearman correlation test results weresignificant between the total testosterone level and the FSFI arousal domain (r = 0.167, p < 0.05), FSFIlubrication domain (r = 0.264, p < 0.01), and FSFI total score (r = 0.212, p < 0.01), as well as between theandrostenedione level and FSFI lubrication domain (r = 0.211, p < 0.01), FSFI orgasm domain (r = 0.156, p