Sexual functioning and quality of life in female asthmatics

Aim: to assess the quality of life and female sexual functioning in asthmatic females as compared to normal healthy volunteers methods: seventy five women known to have ba were enrolled in the study. the patients were asked to complete the fsfi,the demographic data and general health questionnaire.using the answers on the questionnaire a sub score was calculated. a total of seventy five healthy age matched women were included as well in the study as the control group. both the groups answered the same questionnaire. results: statistically significant differences were observed for most of the questionnaire scores (p <0.05). diminished arousal (p=0.002) and decreased sexual satisfaction (p=0.002) were the most common female sexual dysfunction among the women with ba. in the correlation analysis,the total fsfi score had a statistically significant (p=0.031).and positive correlation with the age of first onset and total duration of time that the patients had bronchial asthma. conclusions: the results of our study have shown that ba,is a cause of female sexual dysfunction as well asa decreased quality of life.