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. 2020 Jan 31;20:41. doi: 10.1186/s12883-020-1625-7

Table 2.

COSQ-14 cut off* scores for women and men and comparison when divided into Epilepsy and Multiple Sclerosis

Both gender n (%) Female n (%) Male n (%)
Sexual Dysfunction No Sexual Dysfunction p Sexual Dysfunction No Sexual Dysfunction P Sexual Dysfunction No Sexual Dysfunction P
CSFQ Total, women cut off ≤41/ men cut off ≤47
 All 292 (71%) 122 (29) 189 (68) 91 (32) 103 (77) 31 (23)
 Epilepsy 116 (74%) 40 (26) 73 (73) 27 (27) 43 (77) 13 (23)
 Multiple sclerosis 176 (68%) 82 (32) .184 116 (64) 64 (36) .264 60 (77) 18 (23) .985
Pleasure, women cut off ≤4/ men cut off ≤4
 All 313 (76%) 101 (24) 209 (75) 71 (25) 104 (78) 30 (23)
 Epilepsy 125 (80%) 31 (20) 78 (78) 22 (22) 47 (84) 9 (16)
 Multiple sclerosis 188 (73%) 70 (27) .096 131 (73) 49 (27) .336 57 (87) 21 (13) .137
Desire/Frequency, women cut off ≤6/ men cut off ≤8
 All 333 (80%) 81 (20) 216 (77) 64 (23) 117 (87) 17 (13)
 Epilepsy 134 (86%) 22 (14) 85 (85) 15 (15) 49 (86) 7 (14) .956
 Multiple sclerosis 199 (77%) 59 (23) .029 131 (73) 49 (27) .020 68 (87) 10 (13)
Desire/Interest, women cut off ≤9/ men cut off ≤11
 All 301 (73%) 113 (27) 204 (73) 76 (27) 97 (72) 37 (28)
 Epilepsy 118 (76%) 38 (24) 76 (76) 24 (24) 42 (75) 14 (25)
 Multiple sclerosis 183 (71%) 75 (29) .297 128 (71) 52 (29) .378 55 (71) 23 (29) .567
Arousal/Excitement, women cut off ≤12/ men cut off ≤ 13
  All 339 (82%) 75 (18) 237 (85) 43 (15) 102 (76) 32 (24)
  Epilepsy 126 (81%) 30 (19) 86 (76) 14 (14) 40 (71) 16 (29)
  Multiple sclerosis 213 (83%) 45 (17) .647 151 (84) 52 (16) .639 62 (79) 16 (21) .281
Orgasm/Completion, women cut off ≤11/ men cut off ≤13
 All 301 (73%) 113 (27) 190 (68) 90 (32) 111 (83) 23 (17)
 Epilepsy 128 (82%) 28 (18) 72 (72) 28 (28) 47 (84) 9 (16)
 Multiple sclerosis 196 (76%) 62 (24 .146 118 (66) 62 (34) .269 64 (82) 14 (18) .776

*A score at or below cut off point on any scales indicate sexual dysfunction, p = Chi-square test