title: [The prevalence of sexual problems in female medical students].
abstract: Female sexual dysfunction and even female sexual function are widely unknown. We therefore evaluated the sexual behaviour of younger and older women using a questionnaire. A total of 998 young women entered the study at Hannover Medical school. They were between 19 and 43 years old (median 24 years), and 64% answered the questionnaire. A total of 97.1% of the female students were heterosexual, 1.6% were lesbians and 1.3% were bisexual. Lack of sexual intercourse in the previous month was recorded by 21.1%, while 21.3% recorded intercourse 1-3 times a month, 46.8% 1-3 times a week and 5.5% daily. Adverse reactions to sexual situations were reported by 25% of the women, 20.5% had a negative perception for special partners or circumstances. Some 55% of the evaluated women were satisfied with their sexual life in the last month, 20% were fairly satisfied and 21% were un-satisfied. This study of a selected population of medical students shows a wide variety of sexual problems with a high prevalence of different disorders.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dieckmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oelke
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uckert
authors.forename: J-U
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Stolzenburg
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sperling
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Stief
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Jonas
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Truss
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hartmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001727:Bisexuality / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*