Sexual dysfunction in women with ketamine cystitis: A case-control study - Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To conduct a case-control study evaluating clinical symptom severity and sexual dysfunction in women with ketamine cystitis (KC).

PATIENTS AND METHODS: In total, 29 patients with KC and 27 controls completed the symptoms survey. Participants completed a visual pelvic pain analogue scale, an O'Leary-Sant Interstitial Cystitis Symptom Index and Problem Index questionnaire, a Female Sexual Function Index, and a short form of the Chinese Health Questionnaire-12.

RESULTS: Both the Interstitial Cystitis Symptom Index and Interstitial Cystitis Problem Index scores were significantly higher in patients with KC compared to controls (P < 0.001). The prevalence of sexual dysfunction was high in patients with KC. There was a difference in total adjusted Female Sexual Function Index scores between the patients with KC and controls: mean (sd) total Female Sexual Function Index score 17.65 (6.15) for KC cases vs 25.87 (4.16) for controls (P < 0.001).  Except for the sexual desire domain of female sexual dysfunction, patients with KC scored lower on all domains compared to controls.  There was no significant difference between patients with KC and controls with respect to mental health as evaluated by the Chinese Health Questionnaire-12.

CONCLUSIONS: Sexual dysfunction and KC symptoms severely impacted on quality of life. Mental health had no significant difference between patients with KC and controls.

Written by:
Jang MY, Long CY, Chuang SM, Huang CH, Lin HY, Wu WJ, Juan YS.   Are you the author?
Department of Urology Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsia-Kang Hospital Yuh-Ing Junior College of Health Care and Management Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital Department of Urology, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University Center of Excellence for Environmental Medicine Department of Urology Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Reference: BJU Int. 2011 Dec 16. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10780.x

PubMed Abstract
PMID: 22176970

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