Change in sexual functioning over the menopausal transition: results from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the study was to identify whether there is a decline in sexual functioning related to the menopausal transition or to hysterectomy.

Methods

In a cohort of 1,390 women aged 42 to 52, with intact uterus and at least one ovary, not using hormone therapy, and pre- or early perimenopausal at baseline, we fit piecewise linear growth curves to 5,798 repeated measurements (seven visits spanning 14.5 y) of a sexual functioning score (range, 5-25) as a function of time relative to date of final menstrual period (FMP) or hysterectomy.

Results

Mean sexual functioning at baseline in women with a dateable FMP was 18.0 (SD, 3.4). There was no change in sexual function until 20 months before the FMP. From 20 months before until 1 year after the FMP, sexual functi

SUBMITTER: Avis NE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5365345 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature