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. 2021 Aug 28;21:318. doi: 10.1186/s12905-021-01454-7

Table 2.

Comparison of FSFI scores and dysfunction between infertile, TL and condom groups

Variable Infertile group (I)
N = 200
Mean ± SD
TL group (T)
N = 200
Mean ± SD
Condom group (C)
N = 200
Mean ± SD
P value* Pair-wise comparison
P value**
Desire 3.79 ± 0.83 3.07 ± 0.84 3.99 ± 0.75 < 0.001

I and C: 0.012

I and T: < 0.001

T and C: < 0.001

Arousal 3.99 ± 1.08 3.28 ± 1.01 4.20 ± 0.82 < 0.001

I and C: 0.003

I and T: < 0.001

T and C: < 0.001

Lubrication 4.61 ± 1.20 3.82 ± 1.19 4.91 ± 0.76 < 0.001

I and C: 0.005

I and T: < 0.001

T and C: < 0.001

Orgasm 3.06 ± 0.91 3.81 ± 1.30 4.89 ± 0.77 < 0.001

I and C: < 0.001

I and T: < 0.001

T and C: < 0.001

Satisfaction 4.74 ± 1.12 4.19 ± 1.15 5.14 ± 0.88 < 0.001

I and C: < 0.001

I and T: < 0.001

T and C: < 0.001

Pain 4.67 ± 1.28 4.18 ± 1.44 4.87 ± 0.96  < 0.001

I and C: 0.102

I and T: < 0.001

T and C: < 0.001

Total score 24.79 ± 4.74 22.43 ± 5.30 28.03 ± 3.29 < 0.001

I and C: < 0.001

I and T: < 0.001

T and C: < 0.001

Dysfunction***  < 0.001
Yes 148 (73.6) 177 (88.5) 115 (57.5)
No 53 (26.4) 23 (11.5) 85 (42.5)

FSFI: Female Sexual Function Index, TL: tubal ligation. ANOVA: analysis of variance

*One-way ANOVA

**One-way ANOVA followed by LSD post-hoc test

***Values are given as a number (%) using Chi-squared test