Fibromialgia, função sexual e sintmoas depressivos: um estudo transversal

Abstract

Objective: Study the relation between depressive symptoms and sexual function in fibromyalgia patients, especifically, the sexual function, the sociodemographic profile and the depressive symptoms. Methodology: It’s about an transversal study, realized with 43 womens with fibromyalgia, with ages between 18 and 61 years. The volunteers were found in WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram groups where there were sent an on-line Google Forms questionnary containing 4 instruments: the clinical questionnary, sociodemographic, Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and the Beck Depression Inventory. The significance level adopted on this study was 5% (p≤0,05). Results: The average participants age was between 40 and 50 years (46,5%), where 67,4% of them had some sexual disfunction, and all the aspects compared with depressive symptoms had (p<0,05), the most affected aspects were desire and excitement, 37,2% presented moderate\severe depressive symptoms. There was an inverse correspondence, this is, when worst depressive symptoms, less would be the sexual function score, wich indicates a possible disfunction. Conclusion: An association between depressive symptoms and sexual disfunction in women with fibromyalgia, therefor, there is relevance in the realization of more studies aiming the improvement or a way of reducing these disfunctions and depressive symptoms. The look to the sexual dimension of these womens should have extreme relevance in their treatments, not only for them, but also for their sexual partners that are certainly affected in these circumstances.

Key words: Fibromyalgia; Depressive Symptoms; Sexuality and Woman.