Abstract:

Aim. This study was carried out to examine the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in married women attended to the gynaecologic outpatient clinic and it’s correlates. Methods. The study was carried out at gnyecologic outpatient clinic of a university hospital as a cross sectionally. The sapmle of research was consisted of 216 women who admitted to the gynaecological outpatient clinic between September 24th and December 4th 2012 due to various complaints or for control. The data was collected by Individual Characteristic Form and Index of Female Sexual Function (IFSF). One-Way Anova and chi square test were used in the statistical analysis of the data. Results. The IFSF mean score of the women is 25.39. According to the total IFSF score, 69.4% of the women has Sexual Dysfunction (SD). The SD prevalance in women who came due to gynaecological complaints (%78) was found to be higher from women who came for control (61.5%) or for infetility (53.7%). It was found that the SD prevalence was found to be higher among women who herself and her spouse of 36 years and older age group and educational level of less than 5 years, have been married for more than 10 years and arranged married, have given birth at least once, and have chronic physical disease. Conclusion. More than half of women admitted to the gynecologic outpatient clinic for any reason have SD. Sexual dysfunction was related to advanced age, educational level, type of marriage, years of marriage, chronic-physical disease and gynecological problems.

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