Effective factors on sexual dysfunction in women with diabetes: a systematic review

Diabetes is a common chronic disease in the world and sexual dysfunction is one of the most common complications of diabetes in women. The aim of this study a systematic review on factors affecting on sexual dysfunction in diabetic women. In this systematic review study, the keywords were first determined based on MESH and then searched in SID, Iran Medex, Pubmed, Google scholar, Cochrane, Scopus, Web of Science Uptodate, Magiran databases. The evaluation of articles related to the title was done by strob standard. At the end of the search, 84 articles were obtained, and finally 11 articles that had good quality, were entered into the systematic review study. In this systematic review study, the findings were classified according to three characteristics: frequency of sexual dysfunction (with subtypes; desire / arousal(with most prevalence (81.8%)), orgasm(with least prevalence (24.7%)) and pain disorder / genital-pelvic penetration), individual-medical factors related to Sexual dysfunction in diabetic patients includes: type of treatment, duration of diabetes diagnosis, complications of diabetes, relationship with spouse, HbA1c level, poor training and blood pressure level and Complications and diseases related to sexual dysfunction in diabetic women including retinopathy and microangiopathy. Due to the importance of sexual health as one of the dimensions of women's health, health care providers should take effective role with screening and control of diabetes, By preventing the complications of diabetes, take effective role in improving the lives of diabetics and improving their sexual function.