Evaluation of sexual dysfunction and its associated risk factors in the male partners of the infertile couples using IIEF index

Objective: Sexual dysfunction is a major health concern in infertile men. This research aims to evaluate the sexual dysfunction and its associated risk factors in male partners of the infertile couples.
Materials and Methods: The cross-sectional study was done on 204 male partners of infertile couples referring to Fatemeh Zahra Infertility & Reproductive Center, Babol, Iran. The sexual dysfunction was evaluated with IIEF (The international index of erectile function) in 2015. The logistic and linear regression tests were used for statis¬tical analysis. Statistically, significance was considered with a P-value less than 0.05.
Results: The mean score of total IIEF was 58.30±8.52. The lowest mean of IIEF domains was related to sexual desire and then orgasmic function in male partners of the infertile couples. The erectile function contributed to the greatest amount of unique variance to the model for sexual function (P<.001, R2=69.8%).The strongest correlation value was between the domains of overall satisfaction and intercourse satisfaction. There was a positive statistically significant association between sexual function with wife marital intimacy (p<0.002) and wife sexual function (p<0.001). There was a significant association between sexual dysfunction with job conditions (p<0.037, OR=0.094), and coitus count (p<0.009, OR=6.146). After adjusting other variables, there was a significant association between sexual function with wife sexual function (p<0.005). Also, after adjusting other variables, there was a significant association between sexual dysfunction with coitus count (p<0.004, OR=2.496), and job condition (p< 0.046, OR=0.081).
Conclusion: By considering sexual dysfunction and some related factors; therefore, early screening is required for distinguishing predictor factors of sexual dysfunction.