Sexual Dysfunction in Infertile Females
Materials and Methods: 300 infertile women who were referred to IVF centre for the management of their infertility problems were involved in this study, following informed consent. They were asked to complete the standard validated tool, FSFI questionnaire. Distribution of sexual dysfunction and its relationship to infertility and marriage duration were analysed through SPSS software.
Results: The most common sexual dysfunction was orgasmic disorder (36%) and the rates of sexual desire disorder, arousal, lubrication, satisfaction and pain were 74%, 59%, 55%, 23% and 46% respectively. More than 50% of cases had classical female sexual dysfunction concerns.
Conclusion: According to the high rate of sexual dysfunction in this study and almost the same rate as in other studies, gynaecologists, especially infertility specialists should pay more attention to this important issue and encourage patients to have an evaluation by a psychologist or counsellor.
