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Stress, anxiety, depression, and sexual dysfunction among postmenopausal women in Shiraz, Iran, 2015

Zahra Yazdanpanahi, Marzieh Nikkholgh, Marzieh Akbarzadeh, Saeedh Pourahmad

This cross-sectional study of 310 married postmenopausal women in Shiraz, Iran (mean age 55.9) measured sexual function with the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and mental health with the DASS-21. It found that 88.7% of participants met the FSFI cutoff for sexual dysfunction. Higher scores of stress, anxiety, and depression…

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