TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of Infertility on the Sexuality of Couples
T2 - an Overview
AU - Lara, Lúcia Alves
AU - Fuentealba-Torres, Miguel
AU - dos Reis, Rosana Maria
AU - Cartagena-Ramos, Denisse
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - Purpose of Review: To determine the impacts of infertility on the sexuality of couples, and the challenges this presents for providing sexual healthcare to these couples. Recent Findings: We thoroughly reviewed multiple databases to identify all publications on this topic from 2013 to 2017. Summary: The included studies had significant heterogeneity in the study population, study design, and instruments used to assess sexual response. This made it difficult to identify the true impact of infertility on the sexual health and sexuality of couples. However, our review shows that infertile couples have moderate-to-high levels of emotional, sexual, and marital problems.
AB - Purpose of Review: To determine the impacts of infertility on the sexuality of couples, and the challenges this presents for providing sexual healthcare to these couples. Recent Findings: We thoroughly reviewed multiple databases to identify all publications on this topic from 2013 to 2017. Summary: The included studies had significant heterogeneity in the study population, study design, and instruments used to assess sexual response. This made it difficult to identify the true impact of infertility on the sexual health and sexuality of couples. However, our review shows that infertile couples have moderate-to-high levels of emotional, sexual, and marital problems.
KW - Couples
KW - Infertility
KW - Sexual dysfunction
KW - Sexual function
KW - Sexuality
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U2 - 10.1007/s11930-018-0182-1
DO - 10.1007/s11930-018-0182-1
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85091559255
SN - 1548-3584
VL - 10
SP - 353
EP - 359
JO - Current Sexual Health Reports
JF - Current Sexual Health Reports
IS - 4
ER -