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Does prevalence of sexual dysfunction differ among the most common causes of infertility? A cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Sexuality as a fundamental component of women’s health, can be affected by infertility. The current study aimed at comparing the prevalence of sexual dysfunction among women with the most common causes of infertility. METHODS: The current cross-sectional study was conducted on 240 infert...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9044873/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35477457 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-01708-y |
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author | Ashrafi, Mahnaz Jahangiri, Nadia Jahanian Sadatmahalleh, Shahideh Mirzaei, Negin Gharagozloo Hesari, Naiiere Rostami, Frahnaz Mousavi, Seyedeh Saeedeh Zeinaloo, Mona |
author_facet | Ashrafi, Mahnaz Jahangiri, Nadia Jahanian Sadatmahalleh, Shahideh Mirzaei, Negin Gharagozloo Hesari, Naiiere Rostami, Frahnaz Mousavi, Seyedeh Saeedeh Zeinaloo, Mona |
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description | BACKGROUND: Sexuality as a fundamental component of women’s health, can be affected by infertility. The current study aimed at comparing the prevalence of sexual dysfunction among women with the most common causes of infertility. METHODS: The current cross-sectional study was conducted on 240 infertile females with infertility due to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS, n = 80), endometriosis (n = 80) and male factor (n = 80) at Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine (Tehran, Iran) and 160 fertile women at health care centers, between May 2016 and June 2017. Sexual function was assessed by Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). Data were analyzed using SPSS (version 25.00) and differences were regarded statistically significant at p < 0. 05. RESULTS: The prevalence of female sexual dysfunction was 98.8% in women with PCOS, 100.0% in those with endometriosis, and 80.0% in those with male factor infertility. Overall, 36.2% of the enrolled fertile women were suffering from sexual dysfunction. CONCLUSIONS: There was an association between the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction or individual domain scores of the FSFI, and infertility etiologies. Therefore, infertility care providers are required to take this into consideration and develop preventive strategies in this regard. PLAIN SUMMARY: Infertility as a major health care problem affects an estimated 8–12% of couples of reproductive age globally and sexuality as an important part of women’s health, can be affected by infertility. In this study, the prevalence of sexual dysfunction among women with the most common causes of infertility has been evaluated. The present study was conducted on 240 infertile females with infertility due to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS, n = 80), endometriosis (n = 80) and male factor (n = 80) at Royan Institute (Tehran, Iran) and 160 fertile women at health care centers, between May 2016 and June 2017. Sexual function was assessed by Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI); a brief self-report measure of sexual functioning. Results highlight that the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in women with endometriosis and PCOS was higher than in other groups. As, the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction was 98.8% in women with PCOS, 100.0% in those with endometriosis, and 80.0% in those with male factor infertility. In total, 36.2% of the enrolled fertile women were suffering from sexual dysfunction. The results point to an association between the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction and causes of infertility. Therefore, infertility care providers are required to take this into consideration and develop preventive strategies in this regard. |
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spelling | pubmed-90448732022-04-28 Does prevalence of sexual dysfunction differ among the most common causes of infertility? A cross-sectional study Ashrafi, Mahnaz Jahangiri, Nadia Jahanian Sadatmahalleh, Shahideh Mirzaei, Negin Gharagozloo Hesari, Naiiere Rostami, Frahnaz Mousavi, Seyedeh Saeedeh Zeinaloo, Mona BMC Womens Health Research BACKGROUND: Sexuality as a fundamental component of women’s health, can be affected by infertility. The current study aimed at comparing the prevalence of sexual dysfunction among women with the most common causes of infertility. METHODS: The current cross-sectional study was conducted on 240 infertile females with infertility due to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS, n = 80), endometriosis (n = 80) and male factor (n = 80) at Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine (Tehran, Iran) and 160 fertile women at health care centers, between May 2016 and June 2017. Sexual function was assessed by Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). Data were analyzed using SPSS (version 25.00) and differences were regarded statistically significant at p < 0. 05. RESULTS: The prevalence of female sexual dysfunction was 98.8% in women with PCOS, 100.0% in those with endometriosis, and 80.0% in those with male factor infertility. Overall, 36.2% of the enrolled fertile women were suffering from sexual dysfunction. CONCLUSIONS: There was an association between the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction or individual domain scores of the FSFI, and infertility etiologies. Therefore, infertility care providers are required to take this into consideration and develop preventive strategies in this regard. PLAIN SUMMARY: Infertility as a major health care problem affects an estimated 8–12% of couples of reproductive age globally and sexuality as an important part of women’s health, can be affected by infertility. In this study, the prevalence of sexual dysfunction among women with the most common causes of infertility has been evaluated. The present study was conducted on 240 infertile females with infertility due to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS, n = 80), endometriosis (n = 80) and male factor (n = 80) at Royan Institute (Tehran, Iran) and 160 fertile women at health care centers, between May 2016 and June 2017. Sexual function was assessed by Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI); a brief self-report measure of sexual functioning. Results highlight that the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in women with endometriosis and PCOS was higher than in other groups. As, the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction was 98.8% in women with PCOS, 100.0% in those with endometriosis, and 80.0% in those with male factor infertility. In total, 36.2% of the enrolled fertile women were suffering from sexual dysfunction. The results point to an association between the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction and causes of infertility. Therefore, infertility care providers are required to take this into consideration and develop preventive strategies in this regard. BioMed Central 2022-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9044873/ /pubmed/35477457 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-01708-y Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Ashrafi, Mahnaz Jahangiri, Nadia Jahanian Sadatmahalleh, Shahideh Mirzaei, Negin Gharagozloo Hesari, Naiiere Rostami, Frahnaz Mousavi, Seyedeh Saeedeh Zeinaloo, Mona Does prevalence of sexual dysfunction differ among the most common causes of infertility? A cross-sectional study |
title | Does prevalence of sexual dysfunction differ among the most common causes of infertility? A cross-sectional study |
title_full | Does prevalence of sexual dysfunction differ among the most common causes of infertility? A cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Does prevalence of sexual dysfunction differ among the most common causes of infertility? A cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Does prevalence of sexual dysfunction differ among the most common causes of infertility? A cross-sectional study |
title_short | Does prevalence of sexual dysfunction differ among the most common causes of infertility? A cross-sectional study |
title_sort | does prevalence of sexual dysfunction differ among the most common causes of infertility? a cross-sectional study |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9044873/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35477457 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-01708-y |
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