Comparison of sexual dysfunction in women with infertility and without infertility referred to Al-Zahra Hospital in 2013-2014

Abstract

Background:One of the affected aspects in infertile women that have not been given sufficient attention is sexual function. Sexual function is a key factor in physical and marital health, and sexual dysfunction could significantly lower the quality of life. Aim of this study was to assess the comparison sexual dysfunction in women with infertility and without infertility, admitted to Al- Zahra Hospital.Objective:We decided to assess the prevalence of women sexual disorders in fertile and infertile subjects, admitted to Al-Zahra Hospital.Materials and Methods:149 fertile and 147 infertile women who referred to infertility clinic of Al-Zahra Hospital during 2013-2014 were entered this cross-sectional study and Female Sexual Function Index questionnaire (FSFI) had been filled by all the cases. Most of women were married for 6-10 years (35.5%) and mean marriage time in participants was 9.55±6.07 years. Data were analyzed using SPSS software Ver. 18 and 2 test and logistic regression model has been used for analysis.Results:Results showed significant differences between desire (p=0.004), arousal (p=0.001), satisfaction (p=0.022) and total sexual dysfunction (p=0.011) in both groups but in lubrication (p=0.266), orgasm (p=0.61) and pain (p=0.793) difference were not significant.Conclusion:Some of sexual dysfunction indices are high in all infertile women. Our findings suggest that infertility impacts on women’s sexual function in desire, arousal, satisfaction and total sexual dysfunction. Health care professional should be sensitive to impact that diagnosis of infertility can have on women’s sexuality.

Do sperm parameters and infertility affect sexuality of couples?

“…All cases filled FSFI form. They found significant difference between desire, arousal, satisfaction and total sexual dysfunction in both groups, but they could not find significant difference in lubrication, orgasm and pain (Mirblouk et al., ). We found similar results in our cohort.…”

The Influence of Male Erectile Function on Female Sexual Function: A Cross-Sectional Study in Chinese Infertile Couples

“…Khademi, et al found that the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) was higher in men with infertility than in the normal population regardless of any degree of ED [9]. With regard to females, many previous studies have also found that the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) was higher in infertile women than women with normal fertility [5,[10][11][12]. A diverse variety of risk factors may have a negative influence on the impaired qualities of sexual function in women with infertility, such as the female's age, educational level, duration of infertility and assisted reproduction treatment etc.…”

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“…Sexual problems are common in infertile couples and have been reported between 5% and 55% [5]. One of the factors impressed in infertile women is a sexual function (SF), which is a key factor in physical and marital health and can signi cantly reduce the quality of life [6].…”