Table 2.
The importance of and satisfaction with sex life among women with BC, mental depression, or arterial hypertension, and among healthy female controls; age groups combined according to Finnish nationwide HeSSup cohort study
| Group |
How important is sex life for you? 1 (very important)–7 (not important at all) |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total | |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Breast cancer | 5 (7.7) | 14 (21.2) | 9 (13.9) | 18 (27.7) | 8 (12.3) | 8 (12.3) | 4 (6.2) | 66 (0.6) |
| Mental depression | 68 (11.2) | 157 (25.7) | 111 (18.2) | 71 (11.6) | 59 (9.8) | 69 (11.3) | 75 (12.3) | 610 (5.6) |
| Arterial hypertension | 100 (11.5) | 220 (25.2) | 207 (23.7) | 144 (16.5) | 79 (9.1) | 68 (7.8) | 55 (6.3) | 873 (8.1) |
| Healthy controls | 1121 (12.1) | 3093 (33.3) | 2225 (24.0) | 1222 (13.2) | 682 (7.4) | 629 (6.9) | 311 (3.4) | 9283 (85.7) |
| Total | 1294 (11.9) | 3483 (32.2) | 2552(23.6) | 1455(13.4) | 828(7.6) | 774 (7.1) | 445(4.1) | 10,832(100) |
| Group |
Are you satisfied with your sex life? 1 (very satisfied)–7 (very dissatisfied) |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total | |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Breast cancer | 6 (9.2) | 12 (18.5) | 10 (15.4) | 16 (24.6) | 10 (15.4) | 7 (10.8) | 4 (6.2) | 65 (0.6) |
| Mental depression | 86 (14.2) | 128 (21.2) | 95 (15.7) | 94 (15.5) | 6 (9.9) | 74 (12.2) | 68 (11.2) | 605 (5.6) |
| Arterial hypertension | 138 (15.9) | 234 (26.9) | 146 (16.8) | 150 (17.2) | 78 (9.0) | 63 (7.2) | 61 (7.0) | 870 (8.1) |
| Healthy controls | 1467 (15.9) | 2729 (29.5) | 1615 (17.5) | 1331 (14.4) | 878 (9.5) | 731 (7.9) | 493 (5.3) | 9244 (85.7) |
| Total | 1697 (15.7) | 3103 (28.8) | 1866 (17.3) | 1591 (14.8) | 1026 (9.5) | 875 (8.1) | 626 (5.8) | 10,784 (100) |