title: Sexual function in women from infertile couples and in women seeking surgical sterilization.
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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Heitor
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hentschel
authors.forename: Daniele Lima
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Alberton
authors.forename: Robert John
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Sawdy
authors.forename: Edison
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Capp
authors.forename: José Roberto
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Goldim
authors.forename: Eduardo Pandolfi
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Passos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D019093:Circumcision, Female / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000150:complications*; D007989:Libido; D008297:Male; D009948:Orgasm; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016387:Women's Health