Background: female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is a definition that referred to problems with arousal, desire, orgasm, or sexual pain that led to problems with partners or significant discomfort.
Aim: To assess prevalence of female sexual dysfunction in Aswan governorate in childbearing period
Patients & methods: This research was cross-sectional epidemiological research that was performed on 360 women with FSD at Obstetrics & Gynecology department, Aswan university hospital, Egypt from July 2022 till December 2023.
Results: The average desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain scores were (3.8±1.3, 3.8±1.3, 3.7±1.2, 2.4±0.83, 3.6±1.1 & 3.5±1.31) respectively and the overall FSD was (20.4±5.39) ranging from 5.7 to 31.6.as we use 20.5 cutoff value for FSD. FSDI was found to be correlated with marital & age variables in our study. There was a greatly statistically significant negative association among FSDI & partner age, the length of marriage, & body mass index with a p value of less than 0.001. There was a statistically significant negative association among FSDI and age, but no statistically significant negative association was observed among FSDI & husband-sexual dysfunction or special behaviors
Conclusion: Based on our finding we conclude that; significant number of females in childbearing period in Aswan suffering from FSD childbearing period. There was significant association among female sexual dysfunction with the female genital mutilation, gynecological disease and duration of the marriage. Furthermore, husband factors have a significant correlation with lower FSI score, especially female sexual problems.