Sjögren's disease & overlap diseases
Impact of Sjögren’s disease on quality of sexual life using the Qualisex score
Authors' conclusion
In SjD patients, sexual satisfaction assessed with the Qualisex score, was strongly associated with depression and, to lesser extent, with ESSPRI, but not with systemic activity.
Study context
- Population
- Individuals with Sjögren disease (SjD) in the ASSESS French national multicentric prospective cohort (median age 56 years; 92% female)of 395 in cohort
- Participants
- 92 individuals
- Exposure
- Worst vs best quartile of the Qualisex score
- Outcome
- Quality of sexual life (Qualisex score) and its determinants
Methodological detailswithin the ASSESS French national multicentric prospective cohort
- Within the ASSESS French national multicentric prospective cohort
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Median Qualisex score (IQR)
3.4
1.1–5.9
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Age, first vs last quartiles of Qualisex score (worst sexual satisfaction associated with older age)
- Median (IQR) age, years, first vs last quartile
- 58 (52-65) vs 52 (41-56) years, p=0.005
ESSPRI, first vs last quartiles of Qualisex score (worst sexual satisfaction associated with higher ESSPRI)
- ESSPRI, first vs last quartile
- 6.8 (5.7-7.7) vs 4.3 (2.8-5.3), p<0.0001
SF-36 mental score, first vs last quartiles of Qualisex score (worst sexual satisfaction associated with lower score)
- SF-36 mental score, first vs last quartile
- 43 (38-46) vs 49 (47-53), p=0.0035
SF-36 physical score, first vs last quartiles of Qualisex score (worst sexual satisfaction associated with lower score)
- SF-36 physical score, first vs last quartile
- 31 (29-35) vs 35 (30-37), p=0.035
HADS depression score, first vs last quartiles of Qualisex score (worst sexual satisfaction associated with higher score)
- HADS depression, first vs last quartile
- 9 (7-11) vs 2 (1-4), p<0.0001
HADS anxiety score, first vs last quartiles of Qualisex score (worst sexual satisfaction associated with higher score)
- HADS anxiety, first vs last quartile
- 11 (8-14) vs 7 (4-10), p=0.006
ESSDAI, first vs last quartiles of Qualisex score
- ESSDAI did not differ significantly, first vs last quartile
- 4 (1-10) vs 2.5 (1.8-4), p=0.35
Multivariable analysis of Qualisex score
- Qualisex score remained strongly associated with higher HADS depression score and, to a lesser extent, with higher ESSPRI
Inability to obtain a Qualisex score
- Associated with older age
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