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.