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Prevalence of Female Sexual Dysfunction and Related Factors for Under Treatment in Bushehrian Women of Iran

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Female sexual dysfunctions are common in the general population and remain a multifaceted problem that continues to be under recognized and under treated. This article reports a descriptive analytic study to assess prevalence of female sexual dysfunction and related factors for under treatment. In this cross sectional study, 1054 married women age 18–59 years were randomly selected from rural and urban health centers of Bushehr province. Data was collected by a questionnaire for demographic characteristic and Female Sexual Function Index for assessment of sexual dysfunction. For data analysis descriptive analytic tests were used. A total of 71.1% of subjects reported desire disorder. Prevalence of arousal, lubricating, orgasmic and pain disorders were 66.4, 38, 34.8 and 38.4%, respectively. Desire and arousal disorder were significantly interrelated with age, educational level, economic and marital status, smoking behavior of subjects and age, educational level, occupation and marital status of their husbands. Lubricating disorder was interrelated with age, educational level, occupation, smoking behavior and economic status of subjects and age, educational level, occupation of their husbands. Orgasmic disorder was significantly interrelated with age, educational level, occupation, economic status and smoking behavior of subjects and age, educational level and occupation of their husbands. There was a significant relationship between pain disorder with age, smoking, economic status of subjects and age, educational level and occupation of their husbands. 47.1 percent of subjects agreed that they had a problem. Only 9.2% of them reported going for treatment. Most of participants reported that they were ashamed of talking about these problems. Female sexual dysfunction is prevalent in Bushehr province but treatment rate is very low. Screening for sexual disorder, initiating dialogue by professionals and establishing a counseling plan may provide the opportunity to improve their sexual health.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the assistance of personal in urban and rural health care of Bushehr province.

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This study was funded by a grant from Bushehr University of Medical Sciences.

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  1. MS in Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Bushehr University of Medical sciences, Bushehr, Iran

    Razieh Bagherzadeh, Tayebeh Gharibi, Farahnaz Kamali & Rozita Khoramroudi

  2. MS in Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Bushehr University of Medical sciences, Bushehr, Iran

    Nasrin Zahmatkeshan, Sherafat Akaberian, Shahnaz Pouladi, Siamak Yazdanpanah, Tayyebeh Jamand & Mohammadreza Yazdankhahfard

  3. Department of Community Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran

    Kamran Mirzaei

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Bagherzadeh, R., Zahmatkeshan, N., Gharibi, T. et al. Prevalence of Female Sexual Dysfunction and Related Factors for Under Treatment in Bushehrian Women of Iran. Sex Disabil 28, 39–49 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11195-010-9149-5

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