PO-02-021 Appearance anxiety can be an independent risk factor for female sexual dysfunction

Abstract

Investigation of the relationship between the levels of appearance anxiety and female sexual function index parameters in women was aimed at the current epidemiologic survey. Sexual active women who have a stable heterosexual relationship at least six months were the subjects of the study. Following informed consent demographic features, medical history, anthropometric measurements including body mass index (BMI), skinfold thickness (SFT) measurements from three different regions of the body (Triceps, Scapula, Abdomen) and waist circumference (WC) were obtained and recorded by the researchers. Finally, subjects were asked to fill Appearance Anxiety Inventory (AAI) to measure the severity of appearance anxiety, Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Among participants, Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) was termed who have below 26.50 points in FSFI total score as previously accepted. Nonparametric Spearman’s correlation test and Hosmer –Lemeshow test for multivariate logistic regression analyses were used with SPSS 21.0.