Does Type of Menopause Affect the Sex Lives of Women?

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Bıldırcın Gökyar F. D., Ozdes E. K., Karli P., Özdemir A. Z., Kokcu A.

MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR, vol.26, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.12659/msm.921811
  • Journal Name: MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Keywords: Female, Menopause, Perimenopause, Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, REDUCING SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY, HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY, DESIRE DISORDER, POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN, SURGICAL MENOPAUSE, MIDLIFE WOMEN, SEXUALITY, RISK, HYSTERECTOMY
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate factors affecting the sex lives of middle-aged women, and whether surgical menopause affects sexual function differently from natural menopause, by comparing effects on sexual performance of women with similar demographic features.