title: Female sexual dysfunction: what Arab gynecologists think and know.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We aimed to assess the knowledge and practice of gynecologists (Gyns) from different Arab countries with regard to female sexual dysfunction (FSD) in comparison with members of the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) and the British Society of Urogynecology (BSUG).
  
  
  METHODS
  An anonymous questionnaire was used to survey attendees of the annual meeting of the Saudi Obstetrics and Gynecology Society.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six hundred and forty questionnaires were distributed, and the response rate was 66%. The majority of Arab Gyns (73%) were unsatisfied with their training, and 87% never or rarely screened for FSD compared with 47% and 23% of BSUG and AUGS members, respectively (p < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results reveal an apparent global lack of adequate education in female sexuality and expose the breadth of the problem among Arab Gyns. Therefore, there is a need to improve training at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels to enable Gyns in Arab countries to provide better sexual healthcare.
authors.affiliation: King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. waelauwad@gmail.com
authors.forename: Wael A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Auwad
authors.forename: Sarah K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Hagi
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000628:therapy*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires