Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research1735-9066141200904207979MSc, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Scienses, Isfahan,IranMSc, School of Nursing & Midwifey, Islamic Azad University of Falavarjan,Isfahan, IranMSc, School of Nursing & Midwifey, Islamic Azad University of Falavarjan,Isfahan, IranMSc, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Scienses, Isfahan,IranMSc, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Scienses, Isfahan,Iran20101113<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; direction:rtl; unicode-bidi:embed; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; letter-spacing:-.1pt; mso-fareast-language:AR-SA;} p.MsoBodyText, li.MsoBodyText, div.MsoBodyText {margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:0in; text-align:right; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; direction:rtl; unicode-bidi:embed; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; letter-spacing:-.1pt; mso-fareast-language:AR-SA;} p.abst, li.abst, div.abst {mso-style-name:abst; mso-style-parent:"Body Text"; margin-top:6.0pt; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; letter-spacing:-.1pt; mso-fareast-language:AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="abst"><strong><span style="font-size: 8pt">BACKGROUND</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 8pt">:</span></strong> Infertility causes a lot of physical and emotional stresses for infertile couples. If couples suppose infertility threatens their marital life, their sexual relations will be affected. As study on the degree of sexual dysfunctions in female spouses of infertile couples, helps in understanding these disorders, their prevalence and treatment, the current study aimed at comparing the lack of sexual inclination (desire), sexual abhorrence and controlled orgasm in female spouses of fertile and infertile couples.</p> <p class="abst"><strong><span style="font-size: 8pt">METHODS:</span></strong> This was a case &ndash;<strong><span style="font-size: 14pt"> </span></strong>control study on 140 female spouses of infertile couples referring to Isfahan infertility clinics as case group and 140 female spouses of fertile couples as control group in 2006. Sampling was done via easy method. Data was gathered through a questionnaire including two sections of demographic characteristics and sexual disorders. Data were analyzed via SPSS software using &chi;2 test.</p> <p class="abst"><strong><span style="font-size: 8pt">RESULTS:</span></strong> The lack of sexual inclination and controlled orgasm in female spouses of infertile couples was more than female spouses of fertile couples (p < 0.01) and there was significant difference between sexual abhorrence in two groups.</p> <p class="abst"><strong><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black">CONCLUSION:</span></strong><span style="color: black"> </span>This study concluded that infertility may cause sexual dysfunctions and even in an incorrect cycle may intensify their infertility problem; so diagnosis and treatment of sexual dysfunctions is important in improvement of marital life.</p> <strong><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; letter-spacing: -0.1pt">KEY WORDS:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; letter-spacing: -0.1pt"> Infertility, sexual dysfunction, sexual abhorrence, lack of sexual inclination</span>http://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/view/79http://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/download/79/79