Sexual Dysfunction in Hypertensive Women

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Blood sample for the determination of antihypertensives or their metabolites.: 15 ml of Blood sample for the determination of antihypertensives or their metabolites

Questionnaire on sexual activity: Questionnaire on sexual activity in women

Scale on hospital anxiety and depression: Scale on hospital anxiety and depression to detect anxious and depressive symptoms (14 questions)

Morisky Questionaire: anti-hypertensive medication compliance questionnaire

Study summary

Several studies describe the existence of an association between sexual dysfunction and high blood pressure (hypertension), most often characterized by a decrease in the number of orgasms and the existence of dyspareunia.

Hypertension is a contributing factor, and nonadherence to medication could amplify it.

There are several ways to assess adherence to treatment: the use of declarative questionnaires, a method not without criticism because it is subject to the subjectivity of the declaration by the patient; and drug dosages, a standard technique, although insufficiently disseminated due to the high cost and greater weight of the survey protocols. Drug non-compliance is multifactorial. In addition, it has been shown that having undesirable drug effects and / or being afraid of developing them is one of the major causes of non-compliance with antihypertensive treatments.

The investigators hypothesize that DS is significantly more common among hypertensive women treated with non-observers compared to hypertensive women treated with observers.

The main objective is to compare the prevalence of sexual dysfunction between a group of hypertensive women treated as observers and a group of hypertensive women treated as non-observers.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Analyse of sexual dysfunction — 25 months
  Prevalence of sexual dysfunction defined by a score less than 26 on the Female Sexual Function Index scale : score less than 26 mean a sexual dysfunction

Trial sites (1)

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