Impairment of Sexual Life in 3,485 Dermatological Outpatients From a Multicentre Study in 13 European Countries

Francesca Sampogna; Damiano Abeni; Uwe Gieler; Lucía Tomas-Aragones; Lars Lien; Géraldine Titeca; Gregor B E Jemec; Laurent Misery; Csanád Szabó; M Dennis Linder; Andrea W M Evers; Jon Anders Halvorsen; Flora Balieva; Jacek C Szepietowski; Dmitry V Romanov; Servando E Marron; Ilknur K Altunay; Andrew Y Finlay; Sam S Salek; Jörg Kupfer; Florence Dalgard

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Impairment of Sexual Life in 3,485 Dermatological Outpatients From a Multicentre Study in 13 European Countries

Francesca Sampogna, Damiano Abeni, Uwe Gieler, Lucía Tomas-Aragones, Lars Lien, Géraldine Titeca, Gregor B E Jemec, Laurent Misery, Csanád Szabó, M Dennis Linder, Andrea W M Evers, Jon Anders Halvorsen, Flora Balieva, Jacek C Szepietowski, Dmitry V Romanov, Servando E Marron, Ilknur K Altunay, Andrew Y Finlay, Sam S Salek, Jörg KupferFlorence Dalgard

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Abstract

Skin conditions may have a strong impact on patients' sexual life, and thus influence personal relationships. Sexual issues are difficult to discuss directly in clinical practice, and a mediated instrument may be useful to capture such information. In this study item 9 of the Dermatology Life Quality Index was used to collect information on sexual impact of several skin conditions in 13 European countries. Among 3,485 patients, 23.1% reported sexual problems. The impairment was particularly high in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa, prurigo, blistering disorders, psoriasis, urticaria, eczema, infections of the skin, or pruritus. Sexual impact was strongly associated with depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. It was generally more frequent in younger patients and was positively correlated with clinical severity and itch. It is important to address the issue of sexual well-being in the evaluation of patients with skin conditions, since it is often linked to anxiety, depression, and even suicidal ideation.

Original language	English
Journal	Acta Dermatovenereologica
Volume	97
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	478-482
ISSN	0001-5555
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-2561
Publication status	Published - 2017

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Anxiety/epidemiology
Comorbidity
Cost of Illness
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression/epidemiology
Dermatology
Europe/epidemiology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Outpatients/psychology
Quality of Life
Risk Factors
Sexual Behavior
Skin Diseases/diagnosis
Suicidal Ideation
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult

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Sampogna, F., Abeni, D., Gieler, U., Tomas-Aragones, L., Lien, L., Titeca, G., Jemec, G. B. E., Misery, L., Szabó, C., Linder, M. D., Evers, A. W. M., Halvorsen, J. A., Balieva, F., Szepietowski, J. C., Romanov, D. V., Marron, S. E., Altunay, I. K., Finlay, A. Y., Salek, S. S., ... Dalgard, F. (2017). Impairment of Sexual Life in 3,485 Dermatological Outpatients From a Multicentre Study in 13 European Countries. Acta Dermatovenereologica, 97(4), 478-482. https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-2561

Sampogna, F, Abeni, D, Gieler, U, Tomas-Aragones, L, Lien, L, Titeca, G, Jemec, GBE, Misery, L, Szabó, C, Linder, MD, Evers, AWM, Halvorsen, JA, Balieva, F, Szepietowski, JC, Romanov, DV, Marron, SE, Altunay, IK, Finlay, AY, Salek, SS, Kupfer, J & Dalgard, F 2017, 'Impairment of Sexual Life in 3,485 Dermatological Outpatients From a Multicentre Study in 13 European Countries', Acta Dermatovenereologica, vol. 97, no. 4, pp. 478-482. https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-2561

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Impairment of Sexual Life in 3,485 Dermatological Outpatients From a Multicentre Study in 13 European Countries

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