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Published online May 5, 2008
Diabetes Care 31:1580-1581, 2008
DOI: 10.2337/dc08-0081
© 2008 by the American Diabetes Association
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Epidemiology/Health Services Research
Original Research

Sexual Dysfunction in Jordanian Diabetic Women

Ruba M. Abu Ali, MD, Rabaa M. Al Hajeri, MD, Yousef S. Khader, SCD, Nadima S. Shegem, MD and Kamel M. Ajlouni, MD, FACE

From the National Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Genetics, Amman, Jordan

Corresponding author: Prof. Kamel Ajlouni, ajlouni{at}ju.edu.jo

OBJECTIVE—To estimate the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) in diabetic and nondiabetic Jordanian women.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—Data were collected from 1,137 married women using the Arabic translation of the Female Sexual Function Index questionnaire.

RESULTS—Prevalence of sexual dysfunction in diabetic women 50 years of age or older was 59.6 vs. 45.6% in nondiabetic women (P = 0.003). Diabetic women had more dysfunction of desire, arousal, lubrication, and orgasm than nondiabetic women. Glycemic control, smoking, dyslipidemia, hypertension, autonomic neuropathy, and peripheral neuropathy did not have a significant effect on FSD. Age, BMI, duration of diabetes, and the presence of coronary artery disease, nephropathy, and retinopathy had negative effects on FSD.

CONCLUSIONS—Prevalence of FSD among Jordanian women was found to be significantly higher in diabetic compared with nondiabetic women.


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