title: Sexual dysfunction in dermatological diseases.
abstract: Decrease or loss of sexual function in many chronic diseases has recently attracted significant attention owing to its impact on quality of life. Generic and disease-specific quality-of-life questionnaires measure changes in work, school, social life and emotional status regarding the disease and its treatment. Specific questionnaires have been designed to evaluate changes in sexuality and sexual function. Sexual dysfunction, especially female sexual dysfunction, in different diseases became a popular and important health concern in recent years. There are a lot of studies about sexual dysfunction in the areas of other specialities of medicine, but there are only a few studies in dermatological diseases. In this paper, sexual dysfunction and the studies performed about this subject in dermatology will be reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey. draylinturel@hotmail.com
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Ermertcan
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D012928:Social Desirability