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Relationship between menopausal symptoms and sexual dysfunction among married T urkish women in 40–65 age group
Author(s) -
Senturk Erenel Ayten,
Golbasi Zehra,
Kavlak Tulay,
Dilbaz Serdar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12309
Subject(s) - sexual dysfunction , menopause , medicine , turkish , demography , gynecology , psychology , philosophy , linguistics , sociology
This was a cross‐sectional study to analyse the relationship between menopausal symptoms and sexual dysfunction among 229 married Turkish women in the 40–65 age group. The study was carried out at a menopause clinic of a state hospital between 1 O ctober and 31 D ecember 2010. Data were collected with Personal Characteristics Form, M enopause R ating S cale ( MRS ) and the A rizona S exual E xperience S cale ( ASEX ). The average age of the women was 52.33 ( SD = 4.80) years. The average MRS total score was 20.13( SD = 9.20). The ASEX mean score was 19.97 ( SD = 5.44). It was determined that there is a positive meaningful relationship between ASEX mean score, MRS total mean score and the sub‐score of women. From the results obtained from this study, it can be said that women have differing levels of menopausal symptoms, and as the severity of menopausal symptoms increases, there is an increase in sexual dysfunction.