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. 2019 Sep;58(3):508–515. doi: 10.20471/acc.2019.58.03.15

Table 4. Research findings regarding the incidence of sexual dysfunctions in infertile couples.

Authors (year) Description of methodology Summary of results
Pakpour et al. (2012) (25) 410 and 194 women with primary and secondary infertility, respectively. The incidence of sexual dysfunctions was estimated. 56% of all infertile women had some form of sexual dysfunction.
Aggarwal et al. (2013) (26) 267 infertile and 233 fertile women. The incidence of sexual dysfunctions was compared between the groups. 63.67% of infertile women reported some form of sexual dysfunction in comparison to 46.35% of fertile women.
Bayar et al. (2014) (27) 50 couples with primary infertility. Rate of sexual dysfunctions was evaluated at the beginning and 3 months after initiation of infertility treatment. At the beginning of infertility treatment, 60% of women and 34% of men had some form of sexual dysfunction. After 3 months of fertility treatment, 72% of women and 48% of men suffered from sexual dysfunctions.
Bakhtiari et al. (2015) (28) 236 infertile men. The prevalence of sexual dysfunctions was estimated. 58% of infertile men suffered from sexual dysfunctions.
Czyżkowska et al. (2016) (23) 50 infertile and 50 fertile women. The incidence of sexual dysfunctions was determined. 90% of infertile women suffered from sexual dysfunctions in comparison to 26% of fertile women.
Bakhtiari et al. (2016) (28) 236 infertile women. The incidence of sexual dysfunctions was estimated. 55.5% of infertile women reported some form of sexual dysfunction.
Kucur Suna et al. (2016) (29) 142 infertile women were divided into three groups. Group A consisted of 30 women diagnosed with infertility. Group B consisted of 31 women, with their men diagnosed as infertile. Group C consisted of 81 women with idiopathic infertility. The incidence of sexual dysfunctions and depression was investigated. 43.3% of group A women, 54.8% of group B women and 51.9% of group C women suffered from some form of sexual dysfunction.
Emec et al. (2017) (24) 137 infertile and 142 fertile women. The incidence of sexual dysfunctions was assessed. 78.8% of infertile women reported some form of sexual dysfunction in comparison to 76.8% of fertile women.