Mental health professionals have long wondered about the distress caused by female sexual problems: how common is it, and what groups of women experience the most distress? An article published online in Modern Medicine (11/31/08) examines this issue. The article reports on a study published in the November 2008 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. The researchers studied 31,581 women who reported having sexual problems. And the results? “There was a 43.1 percent prevalence of sexual problems, and distress related to sexual problems occurred in 14.8 percent of respondents aged 45 to 64, 10.8 percent of younger women and 8.9 percent of older women, the researchers discovered. Those with a low educational level, poor self-assessed health, depression, anxiety, thyroid conditions and urinary incontinence were more likely to report distressing sexual problems, the study showed…One in eight women aged 45-64 years had distress associated with desire problems and about one in 15 with arousal and orgasm problems…" The results of this study show that women aged 45 to 64 were most distressed about their sexual problems.
The Bottom Line: The results of this study show that women aged 45 to 64 were most distressed about their sexual problems.
Reference: Article
Sources: See also blogposts in: Psychiatric Disorders: General
Dr. Jeffrey Speller
Dr. Tanya Korkosz
Psychopharmacology Associates of New England
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