Sexual desire is a major component of sexuality at any age, and inhibited desire is one of the main sexual dysfunctions reported by older women. Nonetheless, in medical settings, for a variety of reasons discussed herein, its assessment--as well as the assessment of older women's sexual health in general--is typically avoided or conducted by asking a single sex question. In this paper, we have ...

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus was declared a pandemic in March 2020 World Health Organization (WHO). number of affected individuals increased globally. By May 2021, there were 170,051,718 and 3,540, 437 cases deaths, respectively1. Many asymptomatic may not have been detected statistics might be even more. Now, world is struggling to find appropria...

Previous research regarding anxiety and female sexual functioning has yielded conflicting conclusions. This study examined the effect of state/trait anxiety and anxiety sensitivity on sexual responding and the propensity toward sexual inhibition/excitation in women without an anxiety disorder (n = 100, M age = 28.8 years) compared with women with an anxiety disorder (panic disorder or generaliz...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) on female sexual dysfunctions. METHODS Twenty-six women with a diagnosis of sexual dysfunction (sexual desire, arousal, orgasmic disorders and/or dyspareunia) were included in a clinical trial with a before/after approach . The assessment was carried out before, during (after five sessions) and at the end of the treatment (...

Quality of life in general and sexual functioning in particular have become very important in cancer patients. Biological factors such as anatomic alterations, physiological changes and secondary effect of medical interventions may preclude normal sexual functioning even when sexual desire is intact. In spite of modern surgical techniques, improved chemotherapeutical drugs and sophisticated rad...

Longitudinal research indicates that approximately 50% of women treated for gynecologic cancer have sexual dysfunctions as they recover and become cancer survivors. This outcome occurs in the context of satisfactory quality of life in other domains. This study, comparing gynecologic cancer survivors (n = 61) and gynecologically healthy women (n = 74), documents the reliability of the latter obs...

Abstract Introduction Sexual Dysfunction affecting all age groups. We need standard tool for proper assessment and management of patient with Dysfunctions. However, there is severe scarcity validated in Bangla to assess Dysfunctions our cultural context. The Arizona Experience Scale widely used screen severity clinical research. Objective To develop a culturally adapted version (ASEX) Methods T...