Starc Andrej, Trampuš Manca, Pavan Jukić Doroteja, Rotim Cecilija, Jukić Tomislav, Polona Mivšek Ana
1Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; 2Jesenice General Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Jesenice, Slovenia; 3Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia; 4Dr Andrija Štampar Teaching Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia; 5Department of Internal Medicine, Family Medicine and History of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia; 6Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Acta Clin Croat. 2019 Sep;58(3):508-515. doi: 10.20471/acc.2019.58.03.15.
This study aimed to investigate whether infertility and its treatment affect couple sexuality. A systematic literature review was performed, focusing on female and male sexual dysfunctions due to infertility. The method was descriptive, using a meta-synthesis of scientific research published between 2012 and 2017 in the English language. The search for suitable studies was carried out with the research databases Medline, CINAHL, PubMed and ScienceDirect using the following keywords: infertility, sexual dysfunctions, couple. It can be concluded that infertility negatively affects the sexuality of an infertile couple, which is further proven by a high percentage of sexual dysfunctions (43%-90% among women and 48%-58% among men). Couples report less satisfaction with sexuality. Since lower satisfaction and dysfunctions are closely connected with infertility and its treatment, couples might benefit from sexual therapy and support during the process of infertility treatment. Further research should focus on the evaluation of different psychological interventions that would address sexuality in couples when diagnosed and treated for infertility.
本研究旨在调查不孕不育及其治疗是否会影响夫妻性生活。进行了一项系统的文献综述，重点关注因不孕不育导致的男女性功能障碍。研究方法为描述性研究，对2012年至2017年间发表的英文科学研究进行元综合分析。通过研究数据库Medline、CINAHL、PubMed和ScienceDirect，使用以下关键词搜索合适的研究：不孕不育、性功能障碍、夫妻。可以得出结论，不孕不育会对不孕夫妻的性生活产生负面影响，这一点进一步得到了高比例性功能障碍的证实（女性中为43%-90%，男性中为48%-58%）。夫妻报告对性生活的满意度较低。由于较低的满意度和功能障碍与不孕不育及其治疗密切相关，夫妻在不孕不育治疗过程中可能会从性治疗和支持中受益。进一步的研究应侧重于评估不同的心理干预措施，这些措施将在夫妻被诊断和治疗不孕不育时解决他们的性生活问题。
