الفهرس 
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Abstract
Female sexual dysfunction is any disturbance at one or more stage/s of female sexual response cycle that affects the female QOL. It is a common but hidden problem affecting females as generally or specifically with infertility problems due to various factors simply as cultural, social, psychological and interpersonal conflicts. There are no enough studies discussing the problem as well as its prevalence. Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) may be either a result or a cause of infertility. Also, evaluation and diagnosis of the female sexual life or complaints cannot be easily identified due to plenty of causes as inadequate referrals, unavailable tools for diagnosis, privacy and sensitivity of the topic.There is no clear treatment protocol for management of infertility related FSD. Treatment options must be individualized for each single case. Options may include sex therapy, psychotherapy, patient education as well as the use of some pharmacological drugs. The objective of this study was to further examine the impact of infertility on female sexual function in an Egyptian population sample of infertile women and to identify the potential psychological and health-related risk factors for FSD.The present study was conducted on 300 females attending at the Integrated Fertility Center divided into : * 200 infertile women as a case group. * 100 fertile women of matched ages as a control group.They were subjected to hormonal assays and answering ArFSD evaluation questionnaire.At the end of this study the following results were reported: The prevalence rate of female sexual dysfunction in fertile control group was 25% and 80.5% was identified as the sexual dysfunction rate in infertile women’s group. This study showed that women with infertility reported a lower sexual satisfaction than controls. They also experienced significantly lower total FSDI scores in addition to desire, satisfaction and pain domain scores, indicating worse sexual functioning, compared with women without infertility of matched age group. Also, Increase in the age, partner’s age, duration of marriage, duration of infertility and duration of treatment were associated with decrease in sexual function in the infertile group women and can be identified as possible risk factors for FSD associated with infertility in our study. Moreover, there was no significant or clear correlation between hormonal levels and score, duration of complaint, severity of complaint or course of complaint in both fertile and infertile women.