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Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction: A Cross-National Prevalence Study in Slovenia

SUMMARY – The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction in Slovenia. We aimed to explore the prevalence itself, comparison among demographic groups and potential correlations. Data were collected based on the validated standardized Female Sexual Functio...

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Autores principales: Starc, Andrej, Jukić, Tomislav, Poljšak, Borut, Dahmane, Raja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medical Research, Vinogradska cesta c. 29 Zagreb 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6400359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30256011
http://dx.doi.org/10.20471/acc.2018.57.01.06
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author Starc, Andrej
Jukić, Tomislav
Poljšak, Borut
Dahmane, Raja
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description SUMMARY – The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction in Slovenia. We aimed to explore the prevalence itself, comparison among demographic groups and potential correlations. Data were collected based on the validated standardized Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) (N=605). Most participants had sexual intercourse with one partner (n=523), and the majority of sexual relationships were heterosexual (n=584). University educated subjects had the highest claims of arousal, followed by those with master/doctoral degrees and college educated ones. The lowest level was expressed by subjects with elementary school. The youngest subjects (18-23 years) expressed the highest levels of desire and arousal, followed by the 24-29 age group. The 42-47 age group reported higher levels of lubrication and orgasm. The claim of satisfaction was highest in the 24-29 age group, while the pain was highest in the 42-47 age group. Strong correlation was found between the claims of desire and arousal (r=0.585), arousal and lubrication (r=0.879), lubrication and pain (r=0.856), orgasm and lubrication (r=0.856), satisfaction and orgasm (r=0.782), and pain and arousal (r=0.776) (p<0.001). We identified a 31% prevalence of female sexual dysfunction in Slovenia.
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spelling pubmed-64003592019-06-04 Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction: A Cross-National Prevalence Study in Slovenia Starc, Andrej Jukić, Tomislav Poljšak, Borut Dahmane, Raja Acta Clin Croat Original Scientific Papers SUMMARY – The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction in Slovenia. We aimed to explore the prevalence itself, comparison among demographic groups and potential correlations. Data were collected based on the validated standardized Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) (N=605). Most participants had sexual intercourse with one partner (n=523), and the majority of sexual relationships were heterosexual (n=584). University educated subjects had the highest claims of arousal, followed by those with master/doctoral degrees and college educated ones. The lowest level was expressed by subjects with elementary school. The youngest subjects (18-23 years) expressed the highest levels of desire and arousal, followed by the 24-29 age group. The 42-47 age group reported higher levels of lubrication and orgasm. The claim of satisfaction was highest in the 24-29 age group, while the pain was highest in the 42-47 age group. Strong correlation was found between the claims of desire and arousal (r=0.585), arousal and lubrication (r=0.879), lubrication and pain (r=0.856), orgasm and lubrication (r=0.856), satisfaction and orgasm (r=0.782), and pain and arousal (r=0.776) (p<0.001). We identified a 31% prevalence of female sexual dysfunction in Slovenia. Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medical Research, Vinogradska cesta c. 29 Zagreb 2018-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6400359/ /pubmed/30256011 http://dx.doi.org/10.20471/acc.2018.57.01.06 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 License.
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Jukić, Tomislav
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Dahmane, Raja
Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction: A Cross-National Prevalence Study in Slovenia
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title_fullStr Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction: A Cross-National Prevalence Study in Slovenia
title_full_unstemmed Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction: A Cross-National Prevalence Study in Slovenia
title_short Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction: A Cross-National Prevalence Study in Slovenia
title_sort female sexual function and dysfunction: a cross-national prevalence study in slovenia
topic Original Scientific Papers
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6400359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30256011
http://dx.doi.org/10.20471/acc.2018.57.01.06
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