Prevalence and risk factors of sexual dysfunction in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: International journal of colorectal disease Vol. 36; no. 9; pp. 2027 - 2038
• Main Authors: Zhang, Jinzhi, Wei, Shi, Zeng, Qishan, Wu, Xinyao, Gan, Huatian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.09.2021; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Colitis; Corticosteroids; Female; Gastroenterology; Hepatology; Humans; Inflammatory bowel disease; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - complications; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - epidemiology; Internal Medicine; Intestine; Male; Medical research; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Medicine, Experimental; Meta-analysis; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Proctology; Review; Risk Factors; Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological - epidemiology; Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological - etiology; Surgery; Inflammatory bowel disease; Prevalence; Sexual dysfunction; Risk factors; Meta-analysis

Purpose Sexual dysfunction (SD) is increasingly identified in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but there are few systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the studies of SD in IBD patients. The purpose of the study is to further quantify the association between IBD and SD. Methods MEDLI...