The influence of psychosocial and sexual wellbeing on quality of life in women with differences of sexual development.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous research indicating that women with differences of sexual development (DSD), namely women with Turner syndrome (TS), women with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), and women with XY-DSD, have an impaired psychosocial and sexual well-being and quality of life (QOL), was often limited by small samples and inadequate control groups (CGs). Only few studies analysed which psychosocial and sexual factors influence QOL in women with DSD and no study so far has examined whether the DSD-condition itself and the diagnostic group to which they belong moderate this influence.

Methods

We compared 301 women with TS, 221 women with CAH and 142 women with XY-DSD with 603 non-DSD women regarding depression, anxiety, self-esteem, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,

SUBMITTER: Liedmeier A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9216410 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature