Sexual Problems Amongst Married Females

摘要

Objective: To find out frequency of sexual dysfunction (SD) and related risk factors in married women. Study design: Cross sectional study. Place & Duration of study: Al-Mustafa Medical Centre Karachi, from June 2016 to December 2016. Methodology: The Golombok Rust inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS) questionnaire was administered to married women attending Gynaecology Out Patient Department. The participation was voluntary after taking informed consent. The variables recorded were the age group, marriage duration, addictions, type of marriage etc. Logistic regression analysis was done to find out the association. Results: Total of 250 married women were approached and questionnaire was distributed. All were residents of Karachi. The dropout rate was 20% (n=50). The final study sample was 200. The age ranged from 20 – 55 year. Sexual dysfunction was reported in 43.5%. Logistic regression analysis showed that sexual dysfunction was more likely to have higher scores of dissatisfaction, dyspareunia, vaginal dryness, and vaginismus. Multivariate model adjusted showed dissatisfaction and dyspareunia as high risk variables. Cases of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) had higher scores for dissatisfaction, vaginal dryness and vaginismus. Conclusion: Sexual dysfunction affected nearly half of the sexually active females. A strong association was found between addiction and sexual dysfunction.