ReviewWomen's midlife health2015
Impact of urinary incontinence on female sexual health in women during midlife.
Review in Women's midlife health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effect of percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) on sexual function: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International urogynecology journal · 2019Pooled it
- Sacral neuromodulation and sexual function: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature.International urogynecology journal · 2019Pooled it
- Strategies to improve sexual health in women with urinary incontinence: A scoping review.PloS one · 2026Article
- Chair-Based Magnetic Pelvic Floor Stimulation and Female Sexual Function in Women with Urinary Incontinence: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Assessment of Female Sexual Function Following Transobturator Midurethral Sling for Stress Urinary Incontinence 12 and 36 Months After Surgical Treatment in Postmenopausal Women.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Explaining sexual self-care status and its predictor factors in women referring to healthcare centers of Sari, Iran, 2021.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- How Urinary Incontinence Affects Sexual Activity in Polish Women: Results from a Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Analysis of Characteristics and Quality of Life of Elderly Women with Mild to Moderate Urinary Incontinence in Community Dwellings.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Sexual Function Before and After Mid-Urethral Sling Procedure for Stress Urinary Incontinence.Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India · 2021Article
- Comparative Assessment of Female Sexual Function Following Transobturator Midurethral Sling for Stress Urinary Incontinence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Sexual functions and quality of life of women over 50 years with urinary incontinence, lower urinary tract symptoms and/or pelvic organ prolapse.International journal of impotence research · 2020Article
- Consistency of three different questionnaires for evaluating sexual function in healthy young women.BMC women's health · 2018Article
- Sexual function and Dyadic adjustment in women with urinary incontinence.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
Sexual health is important to the self worth, emotional well being, and overall quality of life of women in midlife. However, urinary incontinence, which is prevalent in this population, has a negative impact on sexual function. The purpose of this article is to review the impact of urinary incontinence on female sexual dysfunction and discuss the impact of urinary incontinence treatment on sexual function. We carried out a literature review on the effect of stress urinary incontinence and urgency urinary incontinence on sexual health and physiological response, including coital incontinence, satisfaction, desire, orgasm, frequency, and partner relationships. We examined the literature regarding changes in sexual function related to non-surgical and surgical interventions for incontinence. Overall, though studies are lacking and of poor quality, treatment of incontinence has been shown to improve sexual function. Both pelvic muscle training and midurethral slings have been shown to improve sexual function in those with stress urinary incontinence. In urgency urinary incontinence, evidence indicates improvement in sexual function after treatment with anti-muscarinic medications. Coital incontinence commonly improves with treatment of the underlying incontinence subtype. Although problems related to sexual health are complex and involve both psychological and physical factors, it is important to consider treatment of urinary incontinence as part of management of sexual dysfunction.
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