Sexual Activity and Functioning in Female Scleroderma Patients, 101 Survey Responses

101 female systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) patients completed the Short Form-36, Female Sexual Functioning Index, and Female Sexual Function in Scleroderma questionnaires. The study found 59.4% of patients reported being sexually active, with a mean FSFI score of 24.9, significantly lower than the general population. This dataset was created by Ann Impens of the University of Michigan.

Use Cases

• Analyzing correlations between sexual functioning and mental health scores based on the reported correlation with the SF-36 Mental Component Score.
• Investigating reasons for sexual inactivity in chronic illness patients based on cited reasons like lack of partner, personal choice, and partner health.
• Studying the impact of specific scleroderma-related symptoms like fatigue, body pain, and vaginal dryness on sexual difficulties.
• Comparing patient-reported sexual function scores against general population benchmarks using the reported mean FSFI score.

Strengths

• Includes data from 101 patients, providing a specific sample size for analysis.
• Uses three validated patient-reported outcome measures: SF-36, FSFI, and FSFS questionnaires.
• Reports specific statistical results, including a mean FSFI score of 24.9 (SD=6.7) and correlation coefficients (r=0.54).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for machine learning.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

University of Michigan, Ann Impens

Collection Method

Patient survey using SF-36, FSFI, and FSFS questionnaires.