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One -hundred twenty 60 Saudi and 60 non-Saudi sexually active female health care professionals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, were anonymously surveyed using the English version of the female sexual function index questionnaire. The individual domain scores for pain, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, pain, and overall score for the Saudi and non-Saudi women were calculated and compared. The two groups were comparable in demographic characteristics.
The overall scores in Saudi and non-Saudi women were low Taken together, sexual dysfunction is prevalent among Saudi and non-Saudi female health care providers, with Saudi women demonstrating lower scores in four sexual function domains and the overall score. Female sexual dysfunction FSD is a highly prevalent and often underestimated problem in the general community 1.
It is defined as a disorder of sexual desire, orgasm, arousal, and sexual pain that results in significant personal distress. It is a multifactorial, age-related, progressive problem 2. The FSFI was developed as a brief, multidimensional questionnaire with subscales to assess the major components of sexual function in women, including sexual desire, arousal, orgasm, pain, and satisfaction. It has been shown in several validation studies that the FSFI is highly reliable and valid 4 , 5 , 6.
Few reports in Saudi Arabia have described FSD due to the relatively sensitive nature of the theme and the religiosity of the population 8 , 9. During the study period, a total of female health care professionals were enrolled in the study. Of these participants, 60 were Saudi and 60 non-Saudi. Ten 7. Similarly, the parity was 2. There were no statistically significant differences between the Saudi and non-Saudi groups in the mean desire score Cohen's d, 0.
