Table 3.
Relationships between psychological scores, disease parameters, and sexual problems in SLE patients.
| Partner relationships | Sexual functions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | P | r | P | |
| Age | 0.29 | 0.01* | 0.06 | 0.59 |
| Sex | −0.19 | 0.09 | −0.03 | 0.80 |
| BMI | 0.04 | 0.70 | −0.07 | 0.55 |
| Marital status | −0.25 | 0.03* | 0.1 | 0.39 |
| Education | −0.22 | 0.06 | −0.28 | 0.01* |
| Work status | −0.06 | 0.59 | 0.07 | 0.53 |
| Income/person | −0.12 | 0.29 | −0.07 | 0.57 |
| Menstrual history | −0.24 | 0.04* | −0.05 | 0.74 |
| SLEDAI | 0.24 | 0.04* | 0.29 | 0.02* |
| SAS | 0.09 | 0.42 | 0.1 | 0.36 |
| SDS | 0.21 | 0.045* | 0.21 | 0.048* |
| BIDQ1 | −0.27 | 0.02* | −0.25 | 0.03* |
| BIDQ2 | 0.33 | 0.003** | 0.18 | 0.12 |
| BIDQ3 | 0.29 | 0.01* | 0.3 | 0.006** |
| BIDQ4 | 0.33 | 0.003** | 0.33 | 0.003** |
| BIDQ5 | 0.29 | 0.009** | 0.37 | <0.001*** |
| BIDQ6 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 0.38 | <0.001*** |
| BIDQ7 | −0.14 | 0.20 | −0.08 | 0.51 |
* P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001.
SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; BMI: Body Mass Index; SLEDAI: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index; SAS: revised Self-Rating Anxiety Scale; SDS: revised Self-Rating Depression Scale.