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- Title
Sexualité des femmes ménopausées en Afrique sub-saharienne: exemple du Sénégal.
- Authors
Diouf, Abdoul Aziz; Diallo, Djibril; Niang, Papa Youssou; Niass, Aminata; Koulimaya-Gombet, Cyr Espérance; Diallo, Moussa; Moreau, Jean Charles; Diouf, Alassane
- Abstract
Introduction: In Africa, sex life after menopause remains an under-explored topic due to the fact that it is a taboo. This study aims to evaluate the quality of couple's sex life during menopause. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of 320 postmenopausal women. The inclusion criteria were natural menopause. Patients who had experienced early or iatrogenic menopause were excluded. Investigation form was divided into 4 sections: social and cultural characteristics, clinical data, psycho-sexual data and therapeutic data. Comparison of proportions and chi-squared test with a significance threshold of less than 0.05 were used. Results: The average age of women was 60 years; the average age of onset of menopause was 48 years and the age of the menopause was 11.3 years. All woman suffered from climacteric syndrome. Hot flushes occured in 85.9% of women, vaginal dryness in 62.8% and urinary disorders in 52.5%. Only married women reported having sex with their partner (62.1%). Women had sex occasionally in 68.9% of cases, while 18.1% of women reported no sexual activity. Decreased sexual activity was due to partner's erectile dysfunction (62% of couples) and the lack of sexual desire (83.5% of women). Lack of sexual appetite and orgasm were also reported in 92% and 100% of cases. However, 93.5% of married women thought their life was bearable. Conclusion: Marital status, dyspareunia, vaginal dryness and partner's erectile dysfunction have a significant impact on sexuality of menopausal women in Senegal.
- Publication
Pan African Medical Journal, 2019, Vol 32, p1
- ISSN
1937-8688
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11604/pamj.2019.32.1.17755