在患有多发性硬化症的个体中,性功能障碍症状的严重程度和心理痛苦的年龄相关差异
Danielle Romano1, Vance Zemon1, Frederick W Foley1
1Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, 165 Morris Park Ave, Bronx, NY 10461, United States.
Multiple sclerosis and related disorders
|September 21, 2023
概括
多发性硬化症 (MS) 中的性功能障碍 (SD) 根据年龄组而异,成熟成年人报告的次要SD较少. 临床医生应评估SD和痛苦,考虑与年龄相关的差异,以提供量身定制的护理.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 性健康 性的健康
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 性功能障碍 (SD) 是多发性硬化症 (MS) 的普遍症状,但研究往往低估了年轻人.
- 与MS中身体残疾相关的痛苦与年龄相关的差异未得到充分研究.
- 许多患有多发性硬化症的人不会与医疗保健提供者讨论性健康问题.
研究的目的:
- 用MSISQ-19来调查 SD 初级,二级和三级水平的年龄相关差异.
- 通过使用SF-12心理组件摘要 (MCS-12) 检查与年龄相关的心理痛苦差异.
- 确定SD的寻求帮助行为中的年龄和性别相关差异.
主要方法:
- 从北美多发性硬化症研究委员会 (NARCOMS) 登记处招募了5815名参与者.
- 管理MSISQ-19,SF-12和PDDS,收集人口统计和寻求治疗的数据.
- 在年轻成年人 (19-39岁),中年成年人 (40-64岁) 和成熟成年人 (65岁以上) 的年龄组中比较SD水平.
主要成果:
- 与中年成年人相比,成熟成年人中次性SD显著较低.
- 年龄是SD的重要预测因素,而SF-12 MCS-12得分也对SD产生了重大影响.
- 在寻求SD的心理治疗与医疗治疗方面,发现了与年龄和性别相关的显著差异.
结论:
- 临床医生应定期查MS患者的SD和心理困扰.
- 识别SD症状呈现的年龄特定差异对于有效的患者管理至关重要.
- 根据年龄和个体需求量身定制干预措施可以改善患有SD的MS患者的治疗结果.
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