Evaluation of Sexual Frequency in Married Egyptians with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Background and objective: Sexual health is an important, however a neglected factor in patients with diabetes. Effects of diabetes mellitus (e.g. erectile dysfunction) and implication on sexual frequency and function among men with diabetes have not been well investigated. The current study aims to evaluate the sexual frequency, sexual function and their association with type 2 diabetes compared to that in an age-matched control group.

Post-Diabetes Sexual Behavioural Changes Among Male Type-2 Diabetes Patients in South-West Nigeria

“…This finding is not surprising as sexual dysfunction in men have been shown to include orgasmic and ejaculatory problems, decreased libido and erectile dysfunction [29] . The finding of the study was similar to a study in Egypt where orgasm was difficult or absent in 84% of their patients and the mean current frequency of sexual intercourse was about 3.3 times/month among the patients [30] .…”