Gap in Sexual Dysfunction Management Between Male and Female Patients Seen in Primary Care: An Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Female sexual dysfunction (FSD), defined as clinically distressing problems with desire, arousal, orgasm, or pain, affects 12% of US women. Despite availability of medications for FSD, primary care physicians (PCPs) report feeling underprepared to manage it. In contrast, erectile dysfunction (ED) is frequently treated in primary care.

Objective

To describe differences in patterns of FSD and ED diagnosis and management in primary care patients.

Design

Retrospective observational study.

Subjects

Primary care patients with an incident diagnosis of FSD or ED seen at a large, integrated health system between 2016 and 2022.

Main measures

Sexual dysfunction management (referral or prescription of a guideline-concordant medication within 3 days of dia

SUBMITTER: Stanley EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11914646 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature