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Table 2 Studies of sexual dysfunction in the general population

From: The relationship between epilepsy and sexual dysfunction: a review of the literature

Population

Subjects (M/F)

Dysfunctions assessed (%)

References

40-year-old Danish women

0/324

Impaired interest (41.8), orgasmic difficulties (36.7), dissatisfaction (35.4), pain/dyspareunia (1.3)

Garde and Lunde (1980)

35–59-years-old Oxford women

0/521

Impaired interest (17), orgasmic difficulties (16), pain/dyspareunia (8)

Osborn et al. (1988)

29-year-old men, 30-year-old women

197/218

Men dissatisfaction (21), impaired interest (7), premature ejaculation (4)

Ernst et al. (1993)

Women dissatisfaction (21), impaired interest (16), orgasmic difficulties (7), pain/dyspareunia (6)

Iranian women aged 20–60-years-old

0/2626

Orgasmic difficulties (37), low sexual desire (35), lubrication disorders (33.7), dissatisfaction (31.5), arousal disorders (30), pain/dyspareunia (26.7)

Safarinejad (2006)

US adults (57–85-years of age)

1455/1550

Men erectile difficulties (37), lack of interest in sex (28), climaxing too quickly (28), anxiety about performance (27), inability to climax (20)

Lindau et al. (2007)

Women lack of interest in sex (43), lubrication disorders (39), inability to climax (34), finding sex not pleasurable (23), pain (17)

British women aged 18–85-years-old.

0/1489

Low sexual desire (17.3), dissatisfaction (14.6), orgasmic difficulties (13.5), arousal disorders (13.3), lubrication disorders (11.5), pain/dyspareunia (11.5)

Burri and Spector (2011)

Danes aged 16–95-years-old

2120/2295

Men premature ejaculation (7), erectile dysfunction (5), anorgasmia (2), dyspareunia (0.1)

Christensen et al. (2011)

Women lubrication insufficiency (7), anorgasmia (6), dyspareunia (3), vaginismus (0.4)

Swiss men aged 18–25-years-old

3886/0

Erectile dysfunction (29.9), premature ejaculation (11.4)

Mialon et al. (2012)

Flemish men and women 14–80-years-old

651/695

Men erectile dysfunction (7.1), premature ejaculation (6.3), hyperactive sexual desire (3.3)

Hendrickx et al. (2016)

Women lubrication dysfunction (9.6), absent or delayed orgasm (7.4), low responsive sexual desire (6.9), low spontaneous desire (5.3)