Onm-4: Body Mass Index and Sexual Function and Infertility in Women: A Cross- Sectional Survey

Background Infertility as the bitterest life experience can affect sexual function. Also, infertility is a reproductive health problem. Many studies showed that agitation, stress, depression, marital dissatisfaction and sexual dysfunction are psychological outcomes resulted from infertility. There are many factors influencing the female sexual function, one of them is body mass index. The present study is focusing on body mass index and sexual function. The objective of this study was to assess prevalence female sexual dysfunction and relationship between sexual function with body mass index among Iranan infertile women who had attended the infertility clinic. MaterialsAndMethods A cross-sectional study was conducted between April 2012 and December 2012 using 502 infertile women who had attended the infertility clinic, Iran. Infertile cases were grouped into three according to body mass index: 20-24.9 (Group I), 25-29.9 (Group II), and >29.9 and longer (Group III). The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaire was used for sexual function assessment of sexual problems on six different domains, including sexual desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction and pain. The data were analyzed by Descriptive Statistic, ANOVA test and Student’s T test used SPSS11.5 software program. Results A total of 502 infertile women were surveyed. The mean age of women 30.95 ± 6.80 years were. Result showed that 430(87.1%) of women had sexual dysfunction. The sexual dysfunction among infertile women was rated as 23.30%, 31.47%, and 45.23% in the Group I, Group II, and Group III, respectively. The mean FSFI scores of the BMI groups showed normal weight women were at 21.65 ± 1.70, overweight at 18.08 ± 1.52, and obese women 12.21 ± 3.62. The assessment of body mass index showed all scores and total FSFI scores were different significantly between all three groups (P