Comparison of the Relationship Between Sexual Function, Marital Adjustment, and Life Satisfaction in Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Women.
Roghayeh Mehdipour-Rabori, Mahdieh Alinejad Dehsheakhi, Esmat Nouhi and 1 others
PMID 33178855WHAT IT FOUND
Diabetic women scored lower than non-diabetic women on sexual function, marital adjustment and life satisfaction.
This was a self-report survey, so it cannot show diabetes caused the differences.
Key findings
01Diabetic women had a mean total sexual function score of 19.04, compared with 27.82 in non-diabetic women.
02Diabetic women had lower mean total marital adjustment and life satisfaction scores than non-diabetic women.
03Sexual function, marital adjustment and life satisfaction scores were positively correlated in both groups.
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What it does not show
The study was cross-sectional, so it cannot show that diabetes caused the lower scores. Sexual function, marital adjustment and life satisfaction were self-reported, and the paper notes that Iranian women may be ashamed to talk about sexual dysfunction. The results tables do not report diabetes type or glycaemic control, so it is unclear how these factors relate to the scores. Participants were only aged 20 to 45, so the findings may not apply to younger or older women. Illiterate participants answered questionnaires orally, which may have changed how sensitive questions were answered.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that diabetes caused sexual dysfunction, marital problems or lower life satisfaction. This was a cross-sectional survey of self-reported scores, so it cannot show cause and effect.