Abstract
BackgroundMigraine is considered to have a negative influence on sex life. The present study was to analyse the perceptions of importance of and satisfaction with sex life as well as the expression of interest in sex among people having migraines in a prospective follow-up mail survey in 1998 and 2003.MethodsThe random sample was stratified according to gender and age in four age groups (20–24, 30–34, 40–44, and 50–54 years). Altogether 25 898 individuals responded to the baseline and 19 626 to the follow-up questionnaire (75.8% response rate). We examined as to how the perceptions of sex life of those suffering from migraine changed during a 5-year follow-up. Conditional logistic regression was used to analyse the data of the responses on self-reported migraine in the baseline and follow-up surveys (N = 2 977, 79.2% women). Each person with migraine was assigned a gender- and age-matched control in the analysis.ResultsAll three outcome variables tended to decrease in value. Importance of sex life was higher among men with migraine than among their controls. Among women migraine lessened interest in sex life.ConclusionOur findings suggested that migraine has a different impact on sex life among women from that among men.
Highlights
Migraine is considered to have a negative influence on sex life
The majority of migraine sufferers have acknowledged that migraine has a significant effect on both activity-based quality of life and on personal relationships [2]
The present study was to analyse the perceptions of importance of and satisfaction with sex life as well as the expression of interest in sex among people having migraines in a prospective follow-up mail survey
Summary
Migraine is considered to have a negative influence on sex life. The majority of migraine sufferers have acknowledged that migraine has a significant effect on both activity-based quality of life and on personal relationships [2]. Most of the migraine sufferers are able to cite negative or unconstructive family situations [3] and/or interference with spousal relationships as a result of their migraines. Social factors during childhood are likely to be associated with migraine headaches during adulthood [4]. Being involved in or having sex may provide some relief for migraine sufferers [7]. Migraine sufferers may have elevated levels of sexual desire and they may be the least likely ones to elude sexual activity [8]
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