ArticleInternational journal of fertility & sterility2019
Prevalence of Sexual Dysfunction among Infertile Women in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Article in International journal of fertility & sterility, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Global prevalence of major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety, stress, and depression among infertile women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Pooled it
- Maternal Psychological Distress and Repeated Implantation Failure: A Mini Review : Short title: Maternal Distress and Implantation Failure.Galen medical journal · 2026Review
- Mindfulness-based counseling for sexual relational concern in infertile women: A clinical trial protocol.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- Latent profile analysis and influencing factors of female sexual function in IVF-ET in china.PloS one · 2026Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with sexual dysfunction among patients seeking fertility care at two tertiary hospitals in Uganda: across-sectional study.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Low-Cost, Virtual Sexual Health Education and Educational Leaflets on Reducing Anxiety and Enhancing Sexual Function Among Infertile Women: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Psychosexual empowerment strategies in infertile women: A systematic review.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Review
- Does Prevalence of Female Sexual Dysfunction Differ among Infertile Patients with or without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of fertility & sterility · 2024Article
- Sexual Function and Quality of Life in Iranian Women With Human Papillomavirus Infection.Journal of family & reproductive health · 2024Article
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome elevates the distress of sexual pain in Iranian women with infertility.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- The association between sexual function, quality of marital relationship and associated factors in women with a history of ectopic pregnancy: a cross-sectional study in Iran.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of Group Psychosexual Training for Marital Adjustment and Sexual Self-Efficacy of Infertile Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
- Effect of date palm pollen supplementation on female sexual function in non-menopausal women: A double blind randomized clinical trial.Chinese herbal medicines · 2022Article
- Recurrent implantation failure and sexual function in infertile Iranian women: a comparative cross sectional study.Reproductive health · 2022Article
- Does prevalence of sexual dysfunction differ among the most common causes of infertility? A cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Does Infertility Stress Impair Sexual Function in Infertile Women and Men? A Cross-Sectional Study in Iran.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- The Inferto-Sex Syndrome (ISS): sexual dysfunction in fertility care setting and assisted reproduction.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2021Review
- Review
- Differences in and Correlates of Sexual Function in Infertile Women with and without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.International journal of fertility & sterility · 2021Article
- The Effect of Sexual Counseling Using BETTER Model on Sexual Function of Women with Infertility: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Infertile women are at a higher risk of sexual dysfunction compared to fertile women. Infertility is a major source of stress, anxiety, and depression, which strongly affects sexual health. The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) among infertile Iranian women. We searched the main international databases (Web of Science, PubMed, Medline, and Scopus) and national databases (Scientific Information Database, Magiran, and IranMedex) from their inception until April, 2017. Due to heterogeneity between the studies, the extracted data were pooled using a random-effects model by Stata software. Out of 313 retrieved studies, we included 18 studies of 3419 infertile women in the meta-analysis. The pooled prevalence of FSD was 64.3% [95% confidence interval (CI): 53.3-75.3]. Our findings revealed that sexual desire (59.9%, 95% CI: 38.7-81.2) was the most prevalent disorder and vaginismus (19.2%, 95% CI: 11.3-27.2) was the least prevalent among infertile women. The results of our metaanalysis suggested that more than 64% of infertile Iranian women reported sexual dysfunction, which was meaningfully high. This study also showed that sexual desire was significantly more common than other sexual dysfunction dimensions and the prevalence of vaginismus was the least common.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.