Sexual dysfunction

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Female sexual disorders

Arab countries

• European Journal of Cancer Care
  • Sexual activity and cancer: A systematic review of prevalence, predictors and information needs among female Arab cancer survivors [2022]

Asia

• Women's Health
  • Care for breast cancer survivors in Asian countries: A review of sexual dysfunction [2024]

Australia

• Australian Journal of General Practice
  • Clinical assessment and management of vaginismus [2024]

Brazil

• European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
  • Prevalence of female sexual dysfunction in Brazil: A systematic review [2017]

Canada

• Canadian Urological Association Journal
  • A practical guide to female sexual dysfunction: An evidence-based review for physicians in Canada [2018]

China

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Sexual dysfunction and mode of delivery in Chinese primiparous women: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2017]

• Scientific Reports
  • Association between air pollution and female sexual function among Chinese women in a nationwide observation study [2025]

Germany

• Journal of Participatory Medicine
  • Assessment of Mental and Chronic Health Conditions as Determinants of Health Care Needs and Digital Innovations for Women With Sexual Dysfunction: Cross-Sectional Population-Based Survey Study in Germany [2025]

High-income countries

• Women's Health
  • The barriers and enablers to accessing sexual health and sexual well-being services for midlife women (aged 40-65 years) in high-income countries: A mixed-methods systematic review [2024]

Hungary

• Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Female Sexual Dysfunction in Association with Sexual History, Sexual Abuse and Satisfaction: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hungary [2023]

International

• Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • Association between obstructive sleep apnea and female sexual dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2025]

• BMC Public Health
  • Sexual health concerns in women with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review in qualitative studies [2021]

• BMC Women's Health
  • Prevalence and correlates of female sexual dysfunction and sexual distress in reproductive-aged women: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2025]
  • Global prevalence of sexual dysfunction in women with skin diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2025]
  • Prevalence and risk of developing sexual dysfunction in women with multiple sclerosis (MS): a systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Menstruation and sexual health, well-being and justice [2024]

• Gaceta Sanitaria
  • Gaps in sexual health research about women who have sex with women. A scoping review [2022]

• International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • Psychosexual health in gynecologic cancer [2018]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • The Impact of Mode of Birth, and Episiotomy, on Postpartum Sexual Function in the Medium- and Longer-Term: An Integrative Systematic Review [2023]

• International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health
  • International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH) Review of Epidemiology and Pathophysiology, and a Consensus Nomenclature and Process of Care for the Management of Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder/Genito-Pelvic Dysesthesia (PGAD/GPD) [2021]
  • The International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health Process of Care for Management of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Women [2018]
  • Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder: International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH) Expert Consensus Panel Review [2017]

• Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
  • Nonpharmacological treatment of postpartum sexual dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]

• Sexual Medicine
  • Sexual Health Screening for Gynecologic and Breast Cancer Survivors: A Review and Critical Analysis of Validated Screening Tools [2022]

• Supportive Care in Cancer
  • Sexual dysfunction in women with breast cancer: a systematic review [2025]

• Value in Health
  • Clinical Outcomes and Measures for Vaginal Relaxation Syndrome: A Systematic Review [2026]

• Women's Health
  • The experiences of women seeking help for vaginismus and its impact on their sense of self: An integrative review [2023]

Iran

• Journal of Education and Health Promotion
  • Measuring Iranian women's sexual behaviors: Expert opinion [2014]

Italy

• Sexual Medicine
  • Psychosocial and sexual well-being in a sample of Italian women with self-reported genito-pelvic pain and penetration disorder [2025]

Low and middle income countries

• Medicine
  • Non-pharmacological interventions for female sexual dysfunction in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review [2025]

• Reproductive Health
  • A scoping review on women's sexual health in the postpartum period: opportunities for research and practice within low-and middle-income countries [2022]

Norway

• Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Sexual activity and functioning in long-term breast cancer survivors; exploring associated factors in a nationwide survey [2022]

Singapore

• Perinatal Society of Singapore
  • Singapore guidelines on sexual health for women of reproductive age [2025]

Spain

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • The Female Sexual Function Index: Transculturally Adaptation and Psychometric Validation in Spanish Women [2020]

Taiwan

• BMC Psychiatry
  • Psychiatric disorders in female psychosexual disorders—a nationwide, cohort study in Taiwan [2021]

Türkiye

• African Health Sciences
  • Evaluation of sexual function and sexual quality of life in women during the COVID-19 Pandemic: the Turkish case [2023]

United States

• Food and Drug Administration
  • Low Sexual Interest, Desire, and/or Arousal in Women: Developing Drugs for Treatment Guidance for Industry [2016]

• Health Psychology
  • Risk factors of genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder among Black women in the United States: A conceptual review [2026]

• International Journal of Women's Health
  • Female sexual dysfunction: a focus on flibanserin [2017]

• Journal of Surgical Oncology
  • A guide for addressing sexual health in breast cancer patients [2024]

• Journal of Women's Health
  • Female Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder: A Practical Guide to Causes, Clinical Diagnosis, and Treatment [2020]

• Oncologist
  • From diagnosis to survivorship addressing the sexuality of women during cancer [2024]

• Sexes
  • Advancing Women’s Health: A Scoping Review of Pharmaceutical Therapies for Female Sexual Dysfunction [2025]

• StatPearls
  • Female Sexual Interest and Arousal Disorder

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