Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Were Associated With Risk of Sexual Dysfunction in Both Sexes: A Meta-analysis

• Published in: Inflammatory bowel diseases Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 699 - 707
• Main Authors: Zhao, Shankun, Wang, Jiamin, Liu, Yangzhou, Luo, Lianmin, Zhu, Zhiguo, Li, Ermao, Luo, Jintai, Zhao, Zhigang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 14.03.2019
• Subjects: Complications and side effects; Disease susceptibility; Female; Females; Gastrointestinal diseases; Humans; Inflammatory bowel disease; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - complications; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - physiopathology; Male; Risk Factors; Sexual disorders; Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological - etiology; Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological - etiology; China; meta-analysis; sexual dysfunction; systematic review; inflammatory bowel diseases

Abstract Background An association between inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and increased susceptibility to sexual dysfunction (SD) was reported in a number of studies. Method MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library were systematically searched for all relevant studies reporting the sexua...