How infertility effects on se xual function of infertile couples?

Introduction and Aim: A large number of studies have examined the psychological impact of infertility, but few studies have looked at the impact of infertility on sexuality. This study designed to answer these three questions: Does infertility have a negative impact on the sexual satisfaction and sexual relationship? Sexual function is affected by infertility? How sexual self-concept is impacted in infertile couples.
This is a review article in which the impact of infertility on sexual function have been investigated. The data was collected from WHO, PubMed, Scopus, and Iranian Journal Database, Scientific Information Database (SID) databases by searching related literature published from 1990 to 2014, by keywords such as infertility, sexual relationship, sexual behavior and sexual function.
In this review, articles were selected, which were paid to the impact of infertility on sexual function. Most of the results recommended that infertility and its treatments can change sexual selfesteem, sexual behavior and relationship and sexual function, but there were controversy in some studies.
The results suggest that infertile women experience more problems than men. More researches needs to be done in the field of relations between sexual behavior and sexual relationship, sexual function and sexual self-concepts in infertile couples.