Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common cause of progressive neurological disability in young adults who may be sexually active. MS patients experience high levels of sexual dysfunction with hypoactive sexual behavior and abnormalities in hypothalamus- pituitary-gonad (HPG) axis. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the correlation between serum levels of sex hormones durin...

(1) sexual dysfunctions are defined by the presence of pain or an alteration during one or more of the phases of the linear sexual response cycle (desire – arousal – orgasm – resolution). In the fifth edition of this manual, DSM-5, (2) published in 2013, sexual dysfunctions were considered gender-specific, in which the difficulties with desire and arousal of the woman constitute a single dysfun...

Introduction. Sexual pain disorders refer to conditions of genital pain that interfere with intercourse. They often have a musculoskeletal component related to the pelvic floor and are included in the DSM-IV as sexual dysfunctions. Musculoskeletal pain (MP) that is not essentially genitally based often interferes with sex as well yet is not considered a distinct sexual dysfunction. MP is genera...

Age and sexual difficulties show a relevant influence in older adults’ well-being (SWB). The objective of this study was to assess issues that affect SWB, revealed by adults person-centered therapy, using qualitative research. Interviews with 114 participants, aged 65 82 years, living the community were submitted content analysis. Eight main themes emerged from results analysis: Partner unavail...

foundations of healthy family life combined with felicity. Suppress the innate and God-given needs, has undesirable consequences on intimacy and vitality of family members. Therefore, the aim of this study is evaluating and comparing sexual dysfunction of employed women and housewives. Finding the issue that whether there are differences between both groups, and if there is, which of t...

Introduction Sexual problems and dysfunctions are relatively common experiences which significantly impact on the perceived quality of life; sexual dysfunction has been shown to be associated with anxiety, depression, interpersonal difficulties and overall negative well-being. Recent research has shown that sexual health can be indicative of overall health, for example; erectile dysfunction has...