Relationship of sexuality with psychological and hormonal features in the menopausal period

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dc.contributor.authorDanaci A.E.
dc.contributor.authorOruç S.
dc.contributor.authorAdigüzel H.
dc.contributor.authorYildirim Y.
dc.contributor.authorAydemir Ö.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T08:25:01Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T08:25:01Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractWomen may experience some mental and sexual problems between the ages of 40 years and 60 years due to serious changes in the hormonal system. The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between the changes in sex hormones, sexual behaviours, depression and anxiety levels of women who were in either the premenopausal, perimenopausal or postmenopausal period. The subjects of this cross-sectional study consisted of 324 women who attended the Gynaecology and Obstetrics Out-Patient Ward of Celal Bayar University Hospital. Of this group, 37.0% (n = 124) were postmenopausal, 27.2% (n = 84) perimenopausal and 35.8% (n = 116) premenopausal. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), State and Trait Anxiety Inventories (STAI-I and II) and a questionnaire on sexual behaviour which was prepared for this study by the authors, were applied to all of the attendees and serum sex hormone levels were analyzed. Beck Depression Anxiety, STAI-I and STAI-II scores and sexual behaviours did not show any statistically significant difference among these three groups. The frequency of sexual intercourse was lower in women with high BDI scores. The rate of painful intercourse was higher in women with high STAI-I scores. The frequency of sexual intercourse, sexual desire and orgasm decreased and painful intercourse increased in women with high STAI-II scores. The frequency of sexual intercourse decreased significantly as the age or follicle stimulating hormone level of women increased. These findings have revealed that the menopausal state did not affect the sexual behaviour, and psychological state of women between the ages of 40 and 60 years, but the increase in anxiety and depression scores affected the sexual life in a negative manner.
dc.identifier.issn00433144
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/20233
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectAge Factors
dc.subjectAnxiety
dc.subjectCoitus
dc.subjectCross-Sectional Studies
dc.subjectDepression
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectFollicle Stimulating Hormone
dc.subjectGonadal Steroid Hormones
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectLuteinizing Hormone
dc.subjectMenopause
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectPsychometrics
dc.subjectSexuality
dc.subjectStatistics
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectWomen's Health
dc.subjectestradiol
dc.subjectfollitropin
dc.subjectluteinizing hormone
dc.subjectprogesterone
dc.subjectprolactin
dc.subjectsex hormone
dc.subjecttestosterone
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectage
dc.subjectanxiety
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectBeck depression inventory
dc.subjectclimacterium
dc.subjectcontrolled study
dc.subjectdepression
dc.subjectdyspareunia
dc.subjectexperience
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjectgynecology
dc.subjecthormone determination
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectIndia
dc.subjectlibido
dc.subjectmajor clinical study
dc.subjectmenopause
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjectobstetrics
dc.subjectorgasm
dc.subjectpersonality test
dc.subjectpostmenopause
dc.subjectpremenopause
dc.subjectprevalence
dc.subjectpsychological aspect
dc.subjectquestionnaire
dc.subjectscoring system
dc.subjectsexual behavior
dc.subjectsexual dysfunction
dc.subjectsexual intercourse
dc.subjectsexuality
dc.subjectuniversity hospital
dc.subjectward
dc.titleRelationship of sexuality with psychological and hormonal features in the menopausal period
dc.typeArticle

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