title: The effects of infertility on sexual functions and dyadic adjustment in couples that present for infertility treatment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to determine the effects of infertility on sexual functions and dyadic adjustment in infertile couples that seek infertility treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Golombok-Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS), and Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) were administered to the infertility group (n = 220) and control group (n = 110). None of the study participants had an Axis I psychiatric disorder.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There wasn't a significant difference in BDI score between the 2 groups. None of the study participants had clinical depression. Men in both groups reported more problems according to GRISS total scale and subscale scores (except the avoidance subscale) than the women. Women in both groups reported more problems according to GRISS avoidance subscale score than did the men. Men in the control group reported more problems on the GRISS frequency subscale, as compared men in the infertile group. Women in the control group reported more problems based on GRISS total score, and GRISS frequency, satisfaction, touch, and avoidance subscale scores, as compared to the women in the infertile group. The men in the infertile group were more satisfied with dyadic adjustment than the women in the infertile group. The men and women in the control group had higher DAS total score, and DAS consensus and emotional expression subscale scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The differences in sexual functions between the infertile and control groups were not significant. Both women and men in the infertility group reported more dyadic adjustment problems than those in the control group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Medical School, Eskişehir.
authors.forename: Gülcan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Güleç
authors.forename: Hikmet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hassa
authors.forename: Elif Güneş
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Yalçın
authors.forename: Cınar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yenilmez
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult