Love in the Time of COVID-19: Sexual Function and Quality of Life Analysis During the Social Distancing Measures in a Group of Italian Reproductive-Age Women

Abstract Purpose Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic reduced possibilities for activities of choice potentially threatening quality of life (QoL). We defined QoL resilience as maintaining high quality of life and studied whether walking speed, absence of loneliness, living arrangement, and stress-coping ability predict QoL resilience among older people. Methods Community-dwelling 75-, 80-, and 85-year-old persons (n = 685) were interviewed and examined in 2017–2018 and were followed up during COVID-19 social distancing in 2020. We assessed QoL using the OPQOL-brief scale and set a cut-off for ‘constant high’ based on staying in the highest baseline quartile over the follow-up and categorized all others as having ‘low/moderate’. Perceived restrictiveness of the social distancing recommendations was examined with one item and was categorized as ‘yes’ or ‘no’ restrictiveness. Results Better stress-coping ability (OR 1.21, 95% CI 1.14–1.28) and not being lonely (OR 2.67, 95% CI 1.48–4.63) increased the odds for constant high QoL from before to amid social distancing, and the odds did not differ according to the perceived restrictiveness of the social distancing recommendations. Higher walking speed predicted constant high QoL only among those perceiving restrictiveness (OR 1.16, 95% CI 1.07–1.27). Living arrangement did not predict constant high QoL. Conclusion During social distancing, psychosocial resources helped to maintain good QoL regardless how restrictive the social distancing recommendations were perceived to be. Better physical capacity was important for constant high QoL only among those perceiving restrictiveness presumably because it enabled replacing blocked activities with open outdoor physical activities.

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The Relationship between Sexual Function and Quality of Life in Reproductive -age grouped Women in Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study

AMBIENT SCIENCE ◽

10.21276/ambi.2018.05.sp1.ta02 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (Sp1 & Sp2) ◽

Author(s):

Safieh Jamali ◽

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Reza Inaloo ◽

Shohreh Javadpour ◽

Marzieh Haghbeen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Sexual Function ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Reproductive Age ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Relationship

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Sexual function and bother after radical prostatectomy or radiation for prostate cancer: multivariate quality-of-life analysis from CaPSURE

Urology ◽

10.1016/s0090-4295(99)00172-7 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 54 (3) ◽

pp. 503-508 ◽

Cited By ~ 222

Author(s):

Mark S Litwin ◽

Scott C Flanders ◽

David J Pasta ◽

Marcia L Stoddard ◽

Deborah P Lubeck ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Prostate Cancer ◽

Radical Prostatectomy ◽

Sexual Function ◽

Life Analysis

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Transformation of wealth produced into quality of life: analysis of the social efficiency of nation-states with the DEA’s triple index approach

Journal of the Operational Research Society ◽

10.1057/jors.2013.132 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 65 (11) ◽

pp. 1664-1681 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Enzo Barberio Mariano ◽

Daisy Aparecida do Nascimento Rebelatto

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Social Efficiency ◽

Nation States ◽

Index Approach ◽

The Social ◽

Life Analysis

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Influence of Sexual Function on the Social Relations and Quality of Life of Women with Premature Ovarian Insufficiency

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia / RBGO Gynecology and Obstetrics ◽

10.1055/s-0037-1615289 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 40 (02) ◽

pp. 066-071 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Daniela Yela ◽

Patricia Soares ◽

Cristina Benetti-Pinto

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Sexual Function ◽

Assessment Instrument ◽

Premature Ovarian Insufficiency ◽

World Health ◽

Control Group ◽

Ovarian Insufficiency ◽

The Social ◽

The Impact

Objective To evaluate the impact of sexual function (SF) in the quality of life (QoL) of women with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI). Methods Case-control study in which 80 women with POI were evaluated using estrogen plus progestogen therapy, compared with 80 women matched by age (±2 years) and presenting preserved gonadal function. Sexual function was evaluated using the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), and the QoL was evaluated using the World Health Organization's (WHO) QoL assessment instrument (WHOQoL-BREF). Results The mean age of the women with POI and of the control group was 38.4 ± 7.3 years and 38.1 ± 7.3 years respectively. The QoL, was worse among the POI group, and there were significant differences in the physical (63.4 ± 17.4 and 72.7 ± 15.2 respectively, p = 0.0004) and psychological (63.2 ± 14.6 and 69.3 ± 13.9 respectively, p = 0.0075) domains among this group when compared with the control group. Women with POI presented significantly lower arousal, lubrication, orgasm and satisfaction, more dyspareunia and a worse FSFI scores when compared with the control group. All aspects of SF correlate directly with the worsening of the QoL regarding social relationships. Conclusion Women with POI showed worse QoL and SF than the control group. The psychological aspects (desire, excitement, orgasm and sexual satisfaction) of SF had greater influence on the parameters of the QoL, while the physical aspects (pain and lubrication) had a low impact on the QoL. The poor SF in women with POI is directly correlated with a worsening across multiple domains of the QoL; however, the negative impact is particularly important in the social domain. These results suggest that the improvement in sexuality can improve the social interactions of women with POI.

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