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<Articles><Article><Journal><PublisherName></PublisherName><JournalTitle>International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)</JournalTitle><Issn>2008-7802</Issn><Volume>0</Volume><Issue>0</Issue><PubDate PubStatus="epublish"><Year>2015</Year><Month>05</Month><Day>27</Day></PubDate></Journal><title locale="en_US">Epidemiology of Sexual Dysfunction in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis</title><FirstPage>1528</FirstPage><LastPage>1528</LastPage><Language>EN</Language><AuthorList><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Sexual Health, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,</affiliation></Author><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Sexual Health, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,</affiliation></Author><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Sexual Health, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, &amp; Department of Counseling, Islamic&#13;
Azad University, Marvdasht Branch, Marvdasht, Iran</affiliation></Author><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Sexual Health, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,</affiliation></Author><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Counseling, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur Branch, Neyshabur, Iran</affiliation></Author></AuthorList><History><PubDate PubStatus="received"><Year>2015</Year><Month>05</Month><Day>27</Day></PubDate></History><abstract locale="en_US">&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; The aim of this study was to determine the cumulative prevalence rate of every sexual dysfunctions (SDs) in Iranian population.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; We searched international database such as: PubMed/Medline, Scopus, PsychNET, and Scholar Google and Iranian database such as Iran Psych, IranDoc, IranMedex, and SID. Search duration was between 1990 and 2013.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; From 449 articles were retrieved, then 11 articles on male with total sample size of 2142 and 8 articles on female with total sample size of 4391 were selected after critical appraisal. For&lt;br /&gt;quality assessment check list to evaluate a prevalence article was contained study population, sampling method, sample size, criteria for SD diagnosis, specific rates, study location, and&lt;br /&gt;authors list. In male, erectile dysfunction was 56.1%. In female, pooled estimation prevalence of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in complained group was 65.8% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 51.1-80.6%) compared to general population 35% (95% CI: 17.6-52.1%). Sexual arousal disorder in clinical patient was 59.6% (95% CI: 39-80%) against 33.8% (95% CI: 18.3-49.3%) in general population. Orgasmic disorder in complained was 35.5% (95% CI: 16-55%) and in general population was 35.3% (95% CI: 26.8-43.8%). Sexual pain disorder pooled estimation prevalence were 35.2% (95% CI: 14.5-56%) versus 20.1% (95% CI: 6.4-33.8%) in complained&lt;br /&gt;and general population consecutively.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conclusions: &lt;/strong&gt;The rate of SD in Iran was approximately the same of worldwide except orgasmic disorder which was two times more than the worldwide average.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keywords:&lt;/strong&gt; Epidemiology, Iran, sexual dysfunction, sexuality, systematic review</abstract><web_url>http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/1528</web_url><pdf_url>http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/1528/1816</pdf_url></Article></Articles>
