BACKGROUND Obesity is rapidly increasing worldwide with negative effects on women's health, psychosocial factors and quality of life. Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is a major public health problem that is worrying for many women physically, emotionally and socially. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of body weight with FSD and sexual satisfaction, in Il...

Objective. Coronavirus disease epidemic in 2019 (COVID-19) posed a big challenge to healthcare providers. The present study aimed explore the relationship between coronavirus anxiety and sexual function of Methods. In this study, an online survey was used providers during COVID-19 pandemic. questionnaire included Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (CDAS). Results. ...

The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) is a brief multidimensional scale for assessing sexual function in women. The scale has received initial psychometric evaluation, including studies of reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity (Meston, 2003; Rosen et al., 2000). The present study was designed to crossvalidate the FSFI in several samples of women with mixed sexual dysfunc...

Migraine and multiple sclerosis (MS) are two neurologic disorders that influence different aspects of women who are affected. Sexual function is one of the co-morbidities that are not considered well in such cases. The goal of this study to evaluate sexual function in women experiencing either migraine or MS. Eighty six married migraineus patients and 86 age- matched married MS cases were asked...

The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI; Rosen et al., 2000 ) and International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF; Rosen et al., 1997 ) are two of the most widely used measures of sexual dysfunction. However, they have potential measurement and psychometric flaws that have not been addressed in the literature. This article examines the measurement capabilities of these measures based on data coll...

BACKGROUND Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is presented with characteristic complications such as chronic an ovulation, obesity, and hyperandrogenism which can affect sexual function in women of reproductive age. OBJECTIVE Herein we evaluated the frequency and predisposing factors of sexual dysfunction in infertile PCOS patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 130 mar...

INTRODUCTION Women's sexual dysfunctions (WSD) have been commonly associated with urinary incontinence (UI). Women with UI and who scored low on the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) showed an improvement in urinary leakage and also in their sexual life following treatment by transvaginal electrical stimulation (TES). AIMS To determine the effects of TES in 37 women complaining of UI, of wh...

background: sexual dysfunctions are common and are regarded as important health problems for women of all ages with related quality of life issues. the purpose of this cross-sectional study was to explore the frequency of sexual dysfunction among women in reproductive age group referred to the islamic azad university hospitals. materials and methods: this study was performed on married women se...

BACKGROUND Sexual function and its subsequent satisfaction are among the most important aspects of women's life. However, this instinct could be influenced by some factors such as diseases, drug using, aging, and hormonal and physiologic changes associated with menopause, and sexual behavior. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence rates of sexual dysfunction, and relat...

Objective To evaluate the effect of vaginal transobturator tape (TOT) on female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and sexual function. Patients and methods In all, 145 patients with SUI underwent TOT repair using the 'outside-in' technique. All patients had been sexually active in the previous 6 months. Patients were evaluated by history, routine laboratory investigations, cough stress test, ...