BACKGROUND/AIM The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between familial Mediterranean fever and female sexual dysfunction and premenstrual syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study included 36 patients with familial Mediterranean fever and 33 healthy volunteers. Familial Mediterranean fever was diagnosed according to the Tel Hashomer criteria and familial Mediterranean feve...

Aims: To objectively assess the psychological and psychosexual morbidity of patients with vulvar vestibulitis. Methods: 30 patients with variable degrees of vulvar vestibulitis were recruited from a vulval clinic. Each patient underwent a detailed history and clinical examination. Friedrich's criteria were used for the diagnosis of vulvar vestibulitis. Standardised questionnaires to assess psyc...

Intrauterine insemination [4] (IUI), also known as artificial insemination [5], is one of the earliest and simplest assisted reproductive technologies (ART). With this technique, sperm [6] from either a partner or donor (such as from a sperm bank [7]) is inserted with a syringe into the woman?s vagina [8] during ovulation [9] to increase the probability that fertilization [10] will occur and le...

The Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS) is a short 28-item questionnaire for assessing the existence and severity of sexual problems. The design, construction, and item analysis of the GRISS are described. The two separate male and female scales are shown to have high split-half reliabilities of 0.94 for women and 0.87 for men. Validation of change scores in the GRISS on 30 c...

INTRODUCTION About 45% of women suffer from some form of sexual dysfunction. Despite its high prevalence, there are few studies that have systematically evaluated sex therapy in comparison with other interventions. OBJECTIVE Review randomized clinical trials that present psychotherapeutic interventions for female sexual dysfunctions. METHOD Through a search in three databases (Medline, Web ...

www.aafp.org/afp AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN 1535 Epidemiology There are few reports of clinical trials relating to dyspareunia, and much of the literature derives from expert opinion. The lack of a single etiology for the pain contributes to the diagnostic difficulty. The incidence of dyspareunia depends on the definition used and the population sampled. In a national probability sample assessin...

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the sexual satisfaction and mental health indicators in polygamous monogamous women Turkey. The included 108 female participants: 36 wives 72 wives. 
 Materials Methods: participants were evaluated with Symptom Check List (SCL-90-R) Golombok-Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS). Results: There significant differences between groups regardin...