Association of mindfulness with female sexual dysfunction.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) affects women of all ages. It is often a multifactorial problem with a strong psychosocial component. Mindfulness may help alleviate FSD with nonjudgmental, present-moment awareness and decreased emotional reactivity. The goal of this study was to assess the association between dispositional or trait mindfulness and FSD.

Study design

In this cross-sectional study at a tertiary care women's health clinic, 1718 cisgender women (mean age, 51.9 years) completed the Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), and Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised (FSDS-R).

Main outcome measures

Regression analysis was used to test the associations of mindfulness, sexual function, and sexual distress with u

SUBMITTER: Sood R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11309572 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature