QUALITY OF LIFE AND SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION IN CLIMACTERIC WOMEN FROM A COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN REGION (IN SPANISH)

Abstract

Introduction: The loss of the ovarian follicular function is a physiological event of the climacteric that could affect the quality of life. Objective: to evaluate the quality of life and sexual function in climacteric from a population of the Colombian Caribbean. Methodology: cross-sectional study carried out with the Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) and the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI-6) in healthy mestiza women, some of them, women descendant of Zenues indigenous, and with ages between 40 and 59 years who were natives and residents in the Colombian Caribbean. Results: 208 women were studied. 100 (48%) were in premenopause and 108 (52%) in postmenopause, with average age of last period: 44.8±4.5. The total score of the MRS was: 15.9±9.6, and the most prevalent symptoms were: sleep disturbance (91.3%), physical-mental fatigue (91.3%) and muscle-joint discomfort (89.9%), with high deterioration of the urogenital domain. 50% of women had severe deterioration of the quality of life, with high prevalence of symptomatology, as much in premenopausal as in postmenopausal women. 77% of the population presented sexual dysfunction with higher prevalence in postmenopausal women. The most impaired domain was pain coital penetration. Conclusions: in women with mestizo phenotypic traits and who were native from populations where settlements existed, it was observed early menopause and early deterioration of the urogenital domain, similar to the observed in indigenous populations. Rev.cienc.biomed. 2014:5(1):45-65 KEYWORDS Climacteric, Menopause, Quality of life, Sexual dysfunction

Keywords

• Climacteric
• Menopause
• Quality of life
• Sexual dysfunction