Development of a Sexual Dysfunction Scale for Women With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Punyanganie S de SilvaSonia Friedman

Abstract

Women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may have decreased sexual function. To understand how common this condition is in our female patients, we developed a new IBD-specific Female Sexual Dysfunction Scale (the IBD-FSDS). We performed a prospective cross-sectional study of 454 female IBD patients ≥18 years of age attending 1 of 3 IBD clinics in the United States or Denmark. We gathered information on sexual function via a de novo 23-item scale. General sexual functioning was measured with the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and the Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised (FSDS-R). Depressive symptoms were measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Medical history and sociodemographic data were collected via chart review. Exploratory factor analyses (EFAs) of the English language version of IBD-FSDS assessed unidimensionality, factor structure, reliability, criterion validity, and construct validity. EFAs suggested retaining 15-items creating a unidimensional scale with strong internal consistency reliability (α = 0.93). Validity of the English language IBD-FSDS was measured using Spearman's coefficient, demonstrating significant criterion validity with the FSDS-R (P < 0.05) and the FSFI (P < 0.05) and signi...Continue Reading

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