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This study aims to explore the psychological impact of infertility by comparing levels of depression, anxiety, and stress among men and women, along with assessing sexual dysfunction.

June 6, 2026The Journal of Sexual Medicine

(538) Comparison of Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Sexual Dysfunction Among the Infertile individual in Two Tertiary Care Hospitals in Bangladesh

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MAM S AhsanBangladesh University ASA A SarkarPabna University of Science and Technology ASA SansoneUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata

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Cross-sectional study reveals higher psychological distress in infertile women compared to men, highlighting mental health needs.

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This study aims to explore the psychological impact of infertility by comparing levels of depression, anxiety, and stress among men and women, along with assessing sexual dysfunction.
Cross-sectional design with 628 participants from two hospitals in Bangladesh.
Depression, anxiety, and stress were measured using DASS-21; sexual dysfunction assessed via IIEF-6, PEDT, and FSFI-6.
Data analyzed using SPSS version 28.0.
Women demonstrated significantly higher rates of anxiety (28.4% vs. 3.4%) and depression (13.0% vs. 0.9%) compared to men.
Overall sexual dysfunction prevalence was higher in men with male-factor infertility (39.4%) compared to those with female-factor infertility (13.9%; p<0.001).
Primary infertility was associated with more sexual dysfunction (30.0%) than secondary infertility (19.1%; p=0.001).

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Ahsan et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a23b9f271a5da9775e75aba https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdag118.471

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(538) Comparison of Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Sexual Dysfunction Among the Infertile individual in Two Tertiary Care Hospitals in Bangladesh

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