Table 4.
Mean scores of FSFI according to menopausal symptoms (MRS)
| FSFI Domain | MRS |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None (n = 57) |
Mild (n = 75) |
Moderate (n = 87) |
Severe (n = 75) |
F | P value | |
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | |||
| Desire | 4.12 ± 1.46∗ | 3.54 ± 1.47†,‡ | 2.76 ± 1.45§ | 2.31 ± 1.31 | 10.15 | <.001 |
| Arousal | 4.74 ± 1.53ǁ | 4.09 ± 1.5‡ | 3.66 ± 1.66¶ | 2.51 ± 1.94 | 12.55 | <.001 |
| Lubrication | 3.57 ±2.09 | 4.32 ± 1.63‡ | 3.56 ± 2.01 | 2.76 ± 1.94 | 8.23 | <.001 |
| Orgasm | 5.01 ± 2.01 | 4.28 ± 1.86# | 3.5 ± 2.04 | 3.14 ± 1.86 | 5.04 | .002 |
| Satisfaction | 4.1 ± 1.71∗ | 4.44 ± 1.81‡ | 3.89 ± 1.84¶ | 3.11 ± 1.6 | 7.77 | <.0001 |
| Pain | 3.71 ± 2.02 | 3.98 ± 1.6# | 3.66 ± 1.99 | 2.92 ± 1.99 | 4.258 | .006 |
FSFI = Female Sexual Function Index; MRS = Menopause Rating Scale.
∗
P < .05, none vs severe.
†
P < .05, mild vs moderate.
‡
P < .001, mild vs severe.
§
P < .001, moderate vs severe.
ǁ
P < .001, none vs severe.
¶
P < .05, moderate vs severe.
#
P < .05, mild vs severe.