Study protocol
Three-part questionnaires were applied to the patients; the first part
of questionnaire was consisted of demographics and clinical
characteristics of patients including age, height, weight, systemic
diseases, previous surgeries, smoking, medications and alcohol use.
The second part of the questionnaire was consisted of Female Sexual
Function Index (FSFI) questionnaire to evaluate the sexual functions of
the female patients. FSFI includes 19 items scored between the ranges
2-36. The FSFI contains 6 fields including; desire, arousal,
lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain. In each field the score is
evaluated and multiplied by the factor of the field (0.3-0.6) to attain
the score. The total FSFI score of 26.55 or less was defined as the
FSD.12
The third part of the questionnaire was consisted of Short-Form 36
Health Survey (SF-36) questionnaire which has 8 sub-domains like; role
limitation due to physical problems, role restriction due to emotional
problems, social and physical functioning, mental and general health,
vitality and pain.13 Scores belonging to each
sub-domain were calculated separately for the patients and zero score
indicates the lowest life quality and 100 indicates the highest life
quality.
All of the patients and the participants of control group filled these
questionnaires at the admission of smoking cessation outpatient clinics
and the 9th month controls. Demographics, clinical
characteristics and the results of the questionnaires were compared
between the two groups.