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ArticleSexual medicine2017

Communication About Sexual Matters With Women Attending a Danish Fertility Clinic: A Descriptive Study.

Katrine Fiil Eldridge, Annamaria Giraldi

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Article in Sexual medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Katrine Fiil EldridgeSexological Clinic, Division of Sexological Research, Rigshospitalet Section 7411, Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: fcg792@alumni.ku.dk.
Annamaria GiraldiSexological Clinic, Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Rigshospitalet · DKUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSeveral studies have shown that sexuality is an important aspect of life. Nevertheless, sexual matters are only rarely discussed between patients and doctors. Other studies have suggested that women undergoing fertility treatment compose a group of patients with low satisfaction in their sexual life.

aimTo investigate how women at a fertility clinic desire and experience communication about sexual matters with doctors and to investigate the sexual function of these women.

methodsA cross-sectional self-administered questionnaire survey of women attending a Danish fertility clinic over 4 months was performed. Descriptive statistics were calculated and presented as frequencies.

main outcome measureCommunication about sexual matters with doctors included the women's comfort, preferred and actual frequency of discussion, and initiation of the conversation. Sexual function included participants' sexuality during the past year including certain sexual difficulties.

resultsOf the 201 participating women in the survey, most felt comfortable discussing sexual matters with doctors and preferred gynecologists for such discussions. There was a greater desire for communication than what was actually experienced by the women, and most wanted to initiate the conversation themselves. The women were less satisfied with their sexual life compared with a national control group, and they experienced sexual difficulties more often.

conclusionThere is an unmet desire of women in fertility treatment for discussing sexual matters, and greater communication on this subject needs to be clinically implemented. Eldridge KE, Giraldi A. Communication About Sexual Matters With Women Attending a Danish Fertility Clinic. A Descriptive Study. Sex Med 2017;5:e196-e202.

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Attitude of Health PersonnelAttitudesCommunicationCounselingHealth KnowledgePhysician-Patient RelationshipsPhysiologicalPracticePsychologicalSexual DysfunctionsSexuality

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