Author/Authors :
Jafari Torkamani, Zahra Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Dolatian, Mahrokh Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health - School of Nursing and Midwifery - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Omani-Samani, Reza Department of Medical Ethics and Law - Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center - Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine - Academic Center for Education - Culture and Research (ACECR), Tehran, Iran , Alizadeh, Ahad Metabolic Diseases Research Center - Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases - Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran , Navid, Behnaz Reproductive Epidemiology Research Center - Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Introduction: Endocrine disorders are one of the causes of infertility and sexual dysfunction is
one of the neurological complications of diabetes.
Objectives: The present study investigated the relationship between sexual function and type 2
diabetes in infertile men referring to the Royan Institute in 2019.
Patients and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2019 on 150 non-diabetic
infertile men and 126 diabetic infertile men who referred to the Royan institute and were
qualified in terms of research inclusion criteria. The convenience sampling method was used.
The tools used to collect data include a demographic checklist, an 11-item version of Sexual
Quality of Life-Male (SQOL-M), and a 15-question International Index of Erectile Function
(IIEF) Questionnaire.
Results: A total of 276 people were evaluated in this study. The mean age of participants was 40.98
(7.44) years in the diabetic group and 35.2 (6.08) years in the non-diabetic group. Sexual function,
failure to reach ultimate pleasure, sexual desire, satisfactory sexual intercourse, overall sexual
satisfaction, erectile function, as well as the standard index of sexual quality of life (SQOL-M
score) showed no statistically significant difference between diabetic and non-diabetic infertile
men (P> 0.05). In people with normal body mass index (BMI) and employees, the relationship
between diabetes and the overall score of sexual function was statistically significant (P< 0.05).
In addition, there is a significant relationship between diabetes and the SQOL-M in people under
37 years of age and people with primary infertility (P< 0.05).
Conclusion: Age and BMI are the two main factors influencing sexual function. In the present
study, statistical relationship of these two factors in two groups of diabetics and non-diabetic
infertile men not in general but in subgroups was proved. Our investigation indicated no
statistically significant relationship between the two groups of diabetic and non-diabetic infertile
men in any of the factors of sexual function and the standard index of male quality of sexual life.
