2025, Volume 18, Issue 2, pp 90 – 93

The impact of endometriosis on patients’ quality of sexual life

SCImago Journal & Country Rank

Issues

Special Issues

Authors and Affiliations

Corresponding author Romina-Marina Sima Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania Bucur Maternity, Sf. Ioan Hospital, Bucharest, Romania E-mail: romina.sima@umfcd.ro

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and impact of female sexual dysfunction and sexual distress in women with endometriosis. This retrospective, analytical, observational study included patients diagnosed with ovarian endometriomas who underwent surgery to remove endometriosis lesions. The impact of endometriosis on the quality of sexual lives of patients before and after surgery was analyzed using a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 20 closed-ended questions. The study included 70 patients with endometriosis with a mean age of 32.70 ± 7.39 years. The majority of patients reported that the diagnosis of endometriosis negatively influenced their quality of sexual life (65.7%). Most patients (88.6%) experienced dyspareunia before surgery. A total of 36 patients (51.4%) stated that they had difficulty in obtaining pleasure during sexual intercourse. The intensity of dyspareunia had an important negative effect on the quality of sexual life of the patients. Following surgery, most patients (81.4%) reported improvements in their sexual quality of life, with a statistically significant reduction in pain intensity during intercourse (P < 0.001). These findings suggest that endometriosis may contribute to sexual avoidance and diminished pleasure. Surgical removal of endometriosis lesions significantly improved sexual quality of life, particularly by reducing dyspareunia intensity.

Keywords

About this article

PMC ID: 11932512
PubMed ID: 
DOI: 10.25122/jml-2024-0262

Article Publishing Date (print): 2 2025
Available Online: 

Journal information

ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

Copyright License: Open Access

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.


SCImago Journal & Country Rank

Issues

Special Issues