PMID- 19411396
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090805
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 0315-162X (Print)
IS  - 0315-162X (Linking)
VI  - 36
IP  - 6
DP  - 2009 Jun
TI  - Effect of musculoskeletal pain on sexuality of male adolescents and adults with 
      juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
PG  - 1337-42
LID - 10.3899/jrheum.080867 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To develop a questionnaire for the evaluation of sexuality of male 
      patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS: A cohort of male 
      patients with rheumatoid factor (RF)-negative polyarticular JIA according to the 
      2004 revised ILAR criteria and inactive disease was studied. The Health 
      Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) was applied to all patients. As a control group, 
      120 age-matched males of the same socioeconomic status were evaluated. A 
      self-administered structured instrument, the Male Sexual Evaluation Questionnaire 
      (MSEQ), was developed by multiprofessional experts to assess sexual life, 
      including satisfaction, practice, and related functional aspects. RESULTS: 
      Thirty-two male patients with RF-negative polyarticular JIA [mean age 20.8+/-3.8 
      yrs (range 16-26), mean disease duration 15.4+/-3.6 yrs (range 13-20)] were 
      studied. Mean HAQ score was 1.25+/-0.67 (range 0.1-2.1). Masturbation was 
      practiced similarly by patients and controls (87.5% vs 91%; p>0.999), although 
      joint pain was observed in only 2 (7%) patients. Regular sexual intercourse 
      (>or=once/week) was reported by 78% of patients and 62% of controls (p=0.86). 
      Joint pain during intercourse was more frequent in patients (48% vs 3% in 
      controls; p<0.001). The mean HAQ score was higher in the 12 patients with joint 
      pain (hips=3, knees=5, and hips+knees=4) during intercourse compared to the 13 
      patients without joint pain (1.82+/-0.27 vs 1.43+/-0.32; p<0.05). Preserved 
      desire and satisfaction were universal findings for all JIA patients and 
      controls. CONCLUSION: The MSEQ was applicable to this cohort of male patients 
      with RF-negative polyarticular JIA and showed that sexual life is preserved 
      despite longterm disease, morbidity/functional dysfunction, and joint pain.
FAU - de Avila Lima Souza, Lilian
AU  - de Avila Lima Souza L
AD  - Faculdade de Medicina, Disciplina de Reumatologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Av. 
      Dr. Arnaldo 455, sala 3133, Sao Paulo, SP, Brzsil 01246-903.
FAU - Gallinaro, Andrea Lopes
AU  - Gallinaro AL
FAU - Abdo, Carmita Helena Najjar
AU  - Abdo CH
FAU - Kowalski, Sergio Candido
AU  - Kowalski SC
FAU - Suehiro, Ricardo Maisse
AU  - Suehiro RM
FAU - da Silva, Clovis Artur Almeida
AU  - da Silva CA
FAU - Goldenstein-Schainberg, Claudia
AU  - Goldenstein-Schainberg C
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20090501
PL  - Canada
TA  - J Rheumatol
JT  - The Journal of rheumatology
JID - 7501984
SB  - IM
MH  - Activities of Daily Living
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Arthritis, Juvenile/complications/physiopathology/psychology
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Health Status
MH  - Humans
MH  - Joints/*physiopathology
MH  - Male
MH  - Musculoskeletal System/*physiopathology
MH  - Pain/etiology/*physiopathology
MH  - Quality of Life
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - *Sexual Behavior/physiology/psychology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2009/05/05 09:00
MHDA- 2009/08/06 09:00
CRDT- 2009/05/05 09:00
PHST- 2009/05/05 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/05/05 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/08/06 09:00 [medline]
AID - jrheum.080867 [pii]
AID - 10.3899/jrheum.080867 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Rheumatol. 2009 Jun;36(6):1337-42. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.080867. Epub 2009 May 1.