Sexual Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is central nervous system disease which is presented with motor sensorial and cognitive impairment. Despite being a neurologic disease by reason of concomitanat psychiatric complaints it is concerned by psychiatry. 78 MS patients(53 female, 25male) and 62 healthy subjects participated in this study. Beck depresion inventory (BDI) and Beck anxiety inventory (BAI) was meaningfully high among patients (p=0,0002; p=0,0004 respectively). In the female patient group, GRISS subscales vaginismus, orgasm disturbance in the male group low sexual intercourse frequency, impotance, premature ejeculation were high (p=0,005, p=0,00006; p=0,008 respectively). Total scale points were high in two groups(p=0,03, p=0,00004). In the literature depresion and and anxiety was high in the patient group similiar with our study. Like as many studies in our study sexual disfunction was high in MS patients. As this problem affects the life quality and family relationship of the patients we think it is important to question and to reveal the sexual disfunction.