The impact of sexual dysfunction on quality of life on nurses

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the effect of nurses' sexual life on their quality of life. The study was conducted on 76 nurses working in a hospital in Bursa. Data were collected through Descriptive Data Collection Form, the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), and the SF-36 Quality of Life Scale. Mann-Whitney U, Spearman correlation, and Kruskal Wallis test were used to evaluate the data. The average age of the nurses is 38.98±8.05. The average duration of nurses' marriage is 13.95±8.96 years, and 49% of them stated that working life affects their sexual life. Sexual dysfunction was detected in 100% of the nurses. The presence of sexual dysfunction in nurses affects the quality of life. It is important to determine the risk factors in nurses' sexual life patterns to improve the quality of life.