title: Female sexual dysfunction in Iran: study of prevalence and risk factors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the prevalence of and risk factors for female sexual dysfunction (FSD) among women in Birjand city, Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional population-based survey was conducted in nine areas of Birjand, the provincial center of South Khorasan province and married women aged between 15 and 72 years were included. Data were collected by face-to-face interview and completing a self-administered questionnaire. FSD and related risk factors were assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 821 women with mean age of 31.5 ± 9.1 were studied. Of them, 694 (84.6 %) had active sexual relationship with their husband, 239 (29.1 %) had less than one intercourse per week, 320 (39 %) did not feel pleasure with their sexual activity and intercourse, 86 (10.5 %) had never attained an orgasm, 604 (73.6 %) had a highly satisfactory relationship with their husband.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dissatisfaction and not feeling pleasure with sexual activity was the most common FSD in our study. Further epidemiologic investigation is clearly warranted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Birjand University of Medical University, Birjand, Iran.
authors.forename: Nahid
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ghanbarzadeh
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nadjafi-Semnani
authors.forename: Mohammad-Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ghanbarzadeh
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nadjfai-Semnani
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nadjfai-Semnani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008393:Marriage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult