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Most studies focus on sexual dysfunction rather than patient-perceived sexual quality of life (SQoL). We aimed to assess SQoL in IBD patients compared with healthy controls.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This is a multicenter, cross-sectional study of IBD patients (n = 575 with Crohn\u2019s disease and n = 294 with ulcerative colitis), compared with healthy controls (n = 398), that used an anonymous self-administered questionnaire. This multimodal questionnaire included sociodemographic data and 4 validated instruments: Short IBD Questionnaire, Social Desirability Scale, Sexual QoL Questionnaire\u2013Male\/Female, Nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Inflammatory bowel disease patients reported lower SQoL (men: 77.29 vs 83.83; P &amp;lt; 0.001; women: 70.40 vs 81.63; P &amp;lt; 0.001) compared with controls. Among IBD patients, SQoL was positively correlated with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and negatively correlated with depression symptoms. Perianal disease was associated with lower HRQoL and higher incidence of depression, but only impacted SQoL in men. In linear regression analysis for men, SQoL was associated with age, marital status, and depression (\u03b2, \u20132.101; 95% confidence interval [CI], \u20132.505 to \u20131.696; P &amp;lt; 0.001). In women, SQoL was associated with depression (\u03b2, \u20131.973; 95% CI, \u20132.313 to \u20131.632; P &amp;lt; 0.001) only.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Patients with IBD had impaired SQoL compared with healthy controls. Age, widow status, and depression were independent predictors of SQoL in men with IBD, whereas in women depression was the only independent predictor. Emotional and self-esteem issues were the main concerns reported by IBD patients regarding sexual health.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ibd\/izz185","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,11]],"date-time":"2020-04-11T15:35:28Z","timestamp":1586619328000},"page":"746-755","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":40,"title":["Sexual Quality of Life in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Multicenter, National-Level Study"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"26","author":[{"given":"Joana","family":"Roseira","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro Hospitalar Universit\u00e1rio do Algarve, Hospital de Portim\u00e3o, Portim\u00e3o, Portugal"},{"name":"Algarve Biomedical Center, University of Algarve, Algarve, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Fernando","family":"Magro","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, 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