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
SN - 0022-4499
VL - 47
SP - 199
EP - 211
JO - Journal of Sex Research
JF - Journal of Sex Research
IS - 2
ER -
