Piriformis Syndrome and Sleep Quality Relationship between Sexual Life

Abstract

Background: In this study, it was aimed to emphasize the importance of Piriformis Syndrome which is often overlooked in the differential diagnosis of sciatica in clinical practice and also investigated how it affects sleep quality and sexual life in individuals.
Materials and Methods: Fifty patients aged 25-55 completed the study. Fifty healthy individuals had similar demographic characteristics who applied on the same dates were taken as the control group. PMS diagnostic criteria, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Arizona Sexual Experience Scale were applied to the participants. Participants were examined after signing the informed consent form performed by medical specialists to confirm the presence of pain related to Piriformis Syndrome. Electromyographic and radiological examinations were used during the examination. Demographic characteristics of the participants such as age, gender, marital status, occupation, education level, height and weight were recorded.
Results: PSQI score of sleep quality in patients with Piriformis Syndrome was significantly higher than the control group. It was observed that there was no significant difference between the groups regardless of gender, level of education and marital status.There was a weak correlation between sexual satisfaction and sleep quality.
Conclusions: ep quality deteriorates in patients with Piriformis Syndrome. There is a weak relationship between sleep quality and sexual satisfaction.

Keywords: Piriformis Syndrome, Sleep quality, Sexual life

Piriformis Sendromu ve Uyku Kalitesi ile Cinsel Yaşam Arasındaki İlişki

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmayı yaparken klinik pratikte siyatalji ayırıcı tanısında sıklıkla gözden kaçırılan piriformis sendromunun önemini vurgulamak ve aynı zamanda bireylerde uyku kalitesine ve cinsel yaşama nasıl etkisi olduğunu araştırmak amaçlanmıştır. Materyal: Yaşları 25-55 arasındaki 50 hasta çalışmayı tamamladı. Aynı tarihlerde başvuran ve demografik özellikleri benzer 50 sağlıklı birey kontrol grubu olarak alındı.Katılımcılara PMS tanı kriterleri, Pittsburgh Uyku Kalite İndeksi ve Arizona Cinsel Yaşam Ölçeği uygulandı. Metod : Katılımcılar aydınlatılmış odam formunu imzaladıktan sonra muayeneye alındı. Muayene, deneyimli hekimler tarafından piriformis sendromuna bağlı ağrının varlığını doğrulamak amacıyla yapıldı.Muayene sırasında elektromiyografik ve radyolojik incelemelerden yararlanıldı. Katılımcıların yaş, cinsiyet, medeni hal, meslek, öğrenim durumu, boy kilo gibi demografik özellikleri kaydedildi. Bulgular: Piriformis sendromu olan hastalarda uyku kalitesi PUKİ skoru kontrol grubuna göre anlamlı olarak yüksektir. Cinsiyet ,lisans medeni durumu göre ayrılan gruplar arasında anlamlı fark olmadığı gözlendi .Cinsel tatmin ile uyku kalitesi arasında zayıf bir ilişki olduğu gözlendi . Sonuç: Piriformis sendromu olan hastalarda uyku kalitesi bozulmaktadır. Uyku kalitesi ile cinsel tatmin arasında zayıf bir ilişki vardır.

Keywords

• piriformis sendromu
• uyku kalitesi
• cinsel yaşam

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