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Sexual function and health-related quality of life in women with classic bladder exstrophy
Rebecca Deans1, Lih-Mei Liao, Dan Wood
1University of New South Wales and Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney, Australia.
Objective:
To investigate sexual function and quality of life in adolescent and adult women with classic bladder exstrophy (BE).
Materials And Methods:
A two-part observational cross-sectional study with a questionnaire arm and a retrospective case review arm was performed. The study was undertaken in a centre providing a tertiary referral gynaecology and urology service. Outcomes were sexual function and quality-of-life scores.
Results:
A total of 44 patients with BE were identified from departmental databases and included in the study, of whom 28 (64%) completed postal questionnaires. Sexual function scores and quality-of-life visual analogue scales were significantly poorer compared with normative data.
Conclusions:
Bladder exstrophy has a detrimental psychological impact on women. In future, methodical multidisciplinary paediatric follow-up research will help to identify predictors of better and worse adolescent and adult outcomes. Development and evaluation of cost-effective psychological interventions to target specific problems is also warranted.
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