Urinary Incontinence and Overactive Bladder Syndrome Impact on Quality of Women Sexual Life

Background: To evaluate the impact of overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) and urinary incontinence (UI) on women sexual life in patients from Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinic (LUHS KC) Woman consultation. Methods: Participants were questioned anonymously, using “The Female Sexual Function Index” (FSFI) survey. Data analysis was made using SPSS 20.0 program. Results: The first research showed that all FSFI domains means were statistically higher in women without UI during sexual intercourse, than those with UI. In addition, the second research showed that according to age all the domains scores were found higher in the groups of women (with or without overactive bladder syndrome) younger than 60 years old (p<0,05), except pain had no statistically significant difference in the patient group. Also in the second research we determined that lubrication, orgasm and pain scores were statistically significantly lower in the patient group (p<0,05). Conclusions: Women who are suffering from UI during sexual intercourse, as well as women with OAB, have significantly worse sexual function, than those who do not have this problem. Furthermore, women with OAB most likely experience a decrease of lubrication, pain during sexual intercourse and lack of orgasm