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Sex Transm Infect 2005;81:364 doi:10.1136/sti.2005.015727
  • Editorial

STIs and sexual dysfunction

  1. D Goldmeier1,
  2. S R Leiblum2
  1. 1Jane Wadsworth Sexual Function Clinic, Jefferiss Wing, St Mary’s Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, UK
  2. 2Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
  1. Correspondence to:
 David Goldmeier
 Jane Wadsworth Sexual Function Clinic, Jefferiss Wing, St Mary’s Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, UK; david.goldmeierst-marys.nhs.uk

    A quiet partnership?

    Despite its prevalence, sexual dysfunction is often endured in silence. Population studies in both the United States and United Kingdom suggest that as many as 54% of women and 35% of men acknowledge sexual complaints and problems lasting for at least 1 month and often for many months and even years.1,2 Nevertheless, only 11% of men and 30% of women seek treatment.1,3 It is timely that the authors of one of these epidemiological studies have provided more details about the large scale sexual survey that was originally conducted in the United Kingdom between 1999 and 2001 of men and women between the ages of 16–44 (this issue of STI, p 394).

    Although prevalent, the high rates of reported sexual problems need to be understood both in population and …

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