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Sexual Function in Women from Infertile Couples and in Women Seeking Surgical Sterilization

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Pages 107-114 | Published online: 25 Jan 2008
 

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare sexual function between women of infertile couples (AR) and women seeking tubal ligation (TL). Women who attended Setor de Infertilidade do Serviço de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia do Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) or the Serviço de Orientação e Planejamento Familiar (SERPLAN) completed the Female Sexual Function Index, a questionnaire about sexual activity in the last 4 weeks. Scored data were collected on six different domains: desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and discomfort/pain. The greatest positive correlation in the TL group was between orgasm and sexual satisfaction (0.798), and in group AR between desire and arousal (0.627). Infertile women and fertile women who want to undergo surgical sterilization have similar sexual satisfaction scores.

Work supported by a grant from the Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre.

Notes

∗ Student's t-test.

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