TY - JOUR

T1 - Sexual dysfunction in women with diabetes mellitus

AU - Giraldi, Annamaria

AU - Kristensen, Ellids

AU - Giraldi, Annamaria

AU - Kristensen, Ellids

N1 - Keywords: Depression; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Female; Humans; Incidence; Prevalence; Research Design; Risk Factors; Sexology; Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological; Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological; Sexuality; Women; Women's Health

PY - 2010/3/1

Y1 - 2010/3/1

N2 - Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an increasing health concern throughout the world. DM is categorized as either type 1 (DM-1) or type 2 (DM-2), where DM-1 represents a lack of insulin production, and DM-2 is characterized by a relative lack of insulin (i.e., decreased sensitivity to the effect of insulin). DM has long been considered a risk factor for sexual dysfunction in men and women, although the evidence in women is less clear. This review attempts to give an overview of female sexual dysfunction in women with DM. Although women with DM are at higher risk of developing sexual dysfunction than women without DM, there is great variability in results across studies, with the incidence of sexual dysfunction in women with DM generally linked less to organic factors and more to psychological factors, especially coexisting depression. This review hypothesizes several presumed causes for such variation in findings across studies and uses these explanations as the basis for a discussion of differences between men's and women's sexuality.

AB - Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an increasing health concern throughout the world. DM is categorized as either type 1 (DM-1) or type 2 (DM-2), where DM-1 represents a lack of insulin production, and DM-2 is characterized by a relative lack of insulin (i.e., decreased sensitivity to the effect of insulin). DM has long been considered a risk factor for sexual dysfunction in men and women, although the evidence in women is less clear. This review attempts to give an overview of female sexual dysfunction in women with DM. Although women with DM are at higher risk of developing sexual dysfunction than women without DM, there is great variability in results across studies, with the incidence of sexual dysfunction in women with DM generally linked less to organic factors and more to psychological factors, especially coexisting depression. This review hypothesizes several presumed causes for such variation in findings across studies and uses these explanations as the basis for a discussion of differences between men's and women's sexuality.

U2 - 10.1080/00224491003632834

DO - 10.1080/00224491003632834

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 20358461

VL - 47

SP - 199

EP - 211

JO - Journal of Sex Research

JF - Journal of Sex Research

SN - 0022-4499

IS - 2

ER -