Sexual dysfunction

Guidelines, reviews, epidemiology

Ejaculation disorders

• China
  • American Journal of Men's Health
    • The Use of Delphi Method and Analytical Hierarchy Process in the Establishment of Assessment Tools in Premature Ejaculation: The Scoring System for Premature Ejaculation Treatment Outcomes [2020]
  • Sexual Medicine
    • Safety and Effectiveness of Dapoxetine On Demand in Chinese Men With Premature Ejaculation: Results of a Multicenter, Prospective, Open-Label Phase IV Study [2021]
• Colombia
  • Sexual Medicine
    • Translation, adaptation, and clinical validation of the Premature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool in Spanish (Colombia) [2023]
• International
  • American Journal of Men's Health
    • The Influence of Tramadol on Intravaginal Ejaculatory Latency Time and Sexual Satisfaction Score in Treating Patients With Premature Ejaculation: A Network Meta-Analysis [2021]
    • Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors for Premature Ejaculation: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Placebo-Controlled Trials [2020]
  • Arab Journal of Urology
    • An update on the treatment of premature ejaculation: A systematic review [2021]
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
    • Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors for premature ejaculation in adult men [2021]
  • Diagnostics
    • Comparison of Current International Guidelines on Premature Ejaculation: 2024 Update [2024]
  • International Society for Sexual Medicine
    • An Update of the International Society of Sexual Medicine's Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Premature Ejaculation (PE) [2014]
    • An Evidence-Based Unified Definition of Lifelong and Acquired Premature Ejaculation: Report of the Second International Society for Sexual Medicine Ad Hoc Committee for the Definition of Premature Ejaculation [2014]
  • Sexual Medicine Reviews
    • The Unfinished Business of Defining Premature Ejaculation: The Need for Targeted Research [2022]
  • World Journal of Men's Health
    • A Comprehensive Guide to Sperm Recovery in Infertile Men with Retrograde Ejaculation [2022]
• Qatar
  • Arab Journal of Urology
    • Premature ejaculation: An investigative study into assumptions, facts and perceptions of patients from the Middle East (PEAP STUDY) [2021]
• Republic of Korea
  • World Journal of Men's Health
    • Diagnosis and Treatment of Premature Ejaculation by Urologists in South Korea [2016]
• United Kingdom
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Premature ejaculation: dapoxetine [2014]
• United States
  • American Urological Association
    • Disorders of Ejaculation: An AUA/SMSNA Guideline [2022]
• {Related topics}
  • Topic
    • Male sexual disorders

Erectile dysfunction

• Asia
  • Journal of Clinical Hypertension
    • Hypertension and erectile dysfunction: The role of endovascular therapy in Asia [2021]
  • World Journal of Men's Health
    • Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) Secondary to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) and LUTS/BPH with Erectile Dysfunction in Asian Men: A Systematic Review Focusing on Tadalafil [2013]
• Asia-Pacific
  • World Journal of Men's Health
    • Clinical Practice Guideline Recommendation on the Use of Low Intensity Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy and Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound Shock Wave Therapy to Treat Erectile Dysfunction: The Asia-Pacific Society for Sexual Medicine Position Statement [2021]
• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Peyronie’s disease - Watch out for the bend [2017]
    • Much more than prescribing a pill – Assessment and treatment of erectile dysfunction by the general practitioner [2017]
  • Australian Prescriber
    • Erectile dysfunction: causes, assessment and management options [2022]
• Australia, New Zealand
  • Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine
    • Guidelines for Penile Colour Duplex Examination [2018]
  • Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand
    • Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) and Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine (AChSHM) for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) clinical guidelines on the management of erectile dysfunction [2022]
• Canada
  • Canadian Urological Association
    • Canadian Urological Association guideline: Erectile dysfunction [2021]
    • 2018 Canadian Urological Association guideline for Peyronie’s disease and congenital penile curvature [2018]
    • 2015 CUA Practice guidelines for erectile dysfunction [2015]
  • Canadian Urological Association Journal
    • Access to penile prostheses differ across provinces in Canada: A survey of Canadian urologists [2021]
  • Diabetes Canada
    • Erectile Dysfunction [2013]
• Canada, United States
  • Sexual Medicine Society of North America
    • Cosmetic penile enhancement procedures: an SMSNA position statement [2024]
    • Restorative Therapies for Erectile Dysfunction: Position Statement From the Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) [2021]
• Chile
  • Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia
    • Trends in treatments for erectile dysfunction in Chile between 2010 and 2020 with special focus on penile prostheses [2022]
• China
  • Sexual Medicine
    • Meta-Analysis of Prevalence of Erectile Dysfunction in Mainland China: Evidence Based on Epidemiological Surveys [2017]
• Denmark
  • Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
    • Associations between lifestyle, erectile dysfunction and healthcare seeking: a population-based study [2020]
• Ethiopia
  • BioMed Research International
    • Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review [2021]
  • Journal of International Medical Research
    • Prevalence of erectile dysfunction and its associated factors among patients with diabetes in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]
• Europe
  • European Society for Sexual Medicine
    • The Current Role and Implications of Stem Cell Therapy in Erectile Dysfunction: A Transformation from Caterpillar to Butterfly Is Required [2023]
    • ESSM Position Statement on Surgical Treatment of Peyronie's Disease [2022]
    • The Use of Penile Traction Devices for Peyronie's Disease: Position Statements from the European Society for Sexual Medicine [2021]
    • A Psychosocial Approach to Erectile Dysfunction: Position Statements from the European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM) [2021]
  • European Society of Urogenital Radiology
    • Introduction to Imaging of Penile Prostheses: A Primer for the Radiologist [2018]
    • Comprehensive Multimodality Imaging Review of Complications of Penile Prostheses [2018]
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
    • Prevalence of Poisoned Google Search Results of Erectile Dysfunction Medications Redirecting to Illegal Internet Pharmacies: Data Analysis Study [2022]
• Germany
  • Korean Circulation Journal
    • Erectile Dysfunction in Men with Adult Congenital Heart Disease: A Prevalent but Neglected Issue [2021]
  • Sexual Medicine
    • Erectile Dysfunction in 45-Year-Old Heterosexual German Men and Associated Lifestyle Risk Factors and Comorbidities: Results From the German Male Sex Study [2019]
• Ghana
  • Toxicology in Vitro
    • PDE-5 inhibitors in selected herbal supplements from the Ghanaian market for better erectile function as tested by a bioassay [2021]
• International
  • British Journal of General Practice
    • Prevalence of erectile dysfunction in male survivors of cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies [2021]
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
    • Risk factors for erectile dysfunction in diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2024]
    • Association Between Prediabetes and Erectile Dysfunction: A Meta-Analysis [2022]
  • Frontiers in Neurology
    • Significant Increase of Erectile Dysfunction in Men With Post-stroke: A Comprehensive Review [2021]
  • Heliyon
    • Non-medical and non-invasive interventions for erectile dysfunction in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A scoping review [2023]
  • International Brazilian Journal of Urology
    • What is the most dangerous sexual position that caused the penile fracture? A systematic review and meta-analysis [2024]
  • International Society for Sexual Medicine
    • Current practice in the management of ischemic priapism: an anonymous survey of ISSM members [2019]
    • Variability in penile duplex ultrasound international practice patterns, technique, and interpretation: an anonymous survey of ISSM members [2018]
  • JAMA Network Open
    • Assessment of Combination Therapies vs Monotherapy for Erectile Dysfunction [2021]
  • Journal of Medicine and Life
    • Reaching consensus: a scoping review on erectile disorder guidelines [2022]
  • Mayo Clinic Proceedings
    • The Princeton III Consensus Recommendations for the Management of Erectile Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Disease [2012]
  • Sexual Medicine Reviews
    • The Epidemic of COVID-19-Related Erectile Dysfunction: A Scoping Review and Health Care Perspective [2022]
  • Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management
    • The Efficacy and Safety of Avanafil During a Treatment of Male Erectile Dysfunction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials [2023]
  • Translational Andrology and Urology
    • Generating comprehensive comparative evidence on various interventions for penile rehabilitation in patients with erectile dysfunction after radical prostatectomy: a systematic review and network meta-analysis [2021]
• Italy
  • Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia
    • A survey on the experience of 136 Italian urologists in the treatment of erectile dysfunction with PDE5 inhibitors and recommendations for the use of Avanafil in the clinical practice [2016]
  • Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
    • The Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine (SIAMS), along with ten other Italian Scientific Societies, guidelines on the diagnosis and management of erectile dysfunction [2023]
  • Nutrients
    • Dietary Supplements for Erectile Dysfunction: Analysis of Marketed Products, Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis and Rational Use [2023]
  • Sexual Medicine
    • Diagnostic and Therapeutic Workup of Erectile Dysfunction: Results From a Delphi Consensus of Andrology Experts [2019]
• Malaysia
  • Scientific Reports
    • Prevalence and associated factors of moderate to severe erectile dysfunction among adult men in Malaysia [2023]
• Poland
  • Asian Journal of Andrology
    • Sexual health in Polish elderly men with coronary artery disease: importance, expectations, and reality [2020]
• Republic of Korea
  • World Journal of Men's Health
    • Current Status and Clinical Studies of Oriental Herbs in Sexual Medicine in Korea [2015]
    • Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology (KSSMA) Guideline on Erectile Dysfunction [2013]
• Russia
  • Central European Journal of Urology
    • Tadalafil in the management of lower urinary tract symptoms: a review of the literature and current practices in Russia [2014]
• Singapore
  • Singapore Medical Journal
    • Erectile dysfunction: assessment and management in primary care [2024]
• Taiwan
  • Annals of General Psychiatry
    • Posttraumatic stress disorder and the risk of erectile dysfunction: a nationwide cohort study in Taiwan [2021]
• Turkey
  • Sexual Medicine
    • A Population-Based Study of Peyronie's Disease in Turkey: Prevalence and Related Comorbidities [2020]
• United Kingdom
  • BJGP Open
    • Prescribing patterns and costs associated with erectile dysfunction drugs in England: a time trend analysis [2021]
  • BMJ Open
    • Management of erectile dysfunction after prostate cancer treatment: cross-sectional surveys of the perceptions and experiences of patients and healthcare professionals in the UK [2019]
  • British Association of Urological Surgeons
    • UK practice for penile prosthesis surgery: baseline analysis of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) Penile Prosthesis Audit [2021]
  • International Journal of Clinical Practice
    • Prevalence, Comorbidities, and Risk Factors of Erectile Dysfunction: Results from a Prospective Real-World Study in the United Kingdom [2022]
    • Increasing access to erectile dysfunction treatment via pharmacies to improve healthcare provider visits and quality of life: Results from a prospective real-world observational study in the United Kingdom [2021]
    • Development of UK guidance on the management of erectile dysfunction resulting from radical radiotherapy and androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer [2014]
    • Erectile dysfunction and lower urinary tract symptoms: a consensus on the importance of co-diagnosis [2013]
    • Development of UK recommendations on treatment for post-surgical erectile dysfunction [2013]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Angioplasty and stenting to treat peripheral arterial disease causing refractory erectile dysfunction [2016]
    • Erectile dysfunction: avanafil [2014]
    • Erectile dysfunction: Alprostadil cream [2014]
  • NHS England
    • Penile Prosthesis Surgery [2021]
• United States
  • American College of Physicians
    • Hormonal Testing and Pharmacologic Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians [2009]
  • American Journal of Men's Health
    • Addressing Health-Care System Inequities in the Management of Erectile Dysfunction: A Call to Action [2020]
  • American Urological Association
    • The Diagnosis and Management of Recurrent Ischemic Priapism, Priapism in Sickle Cell Patients, and Non-Ischemic Priapism: An AUA/SMSNA Guideline [2022]
    • Acute Ischemic Priapism: An AUA/SMSNA Guideline [2021]
    • Erectile Dysfunction: AUA Guideline [2018]
    • Peyronie's Disease: AUA Guideline [2015]
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
    • Characteristics and Longitudinal Patterns of Erectile Dysfunction Drug Use Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the U.S. [2021]
  • International Journal of Impotence Research
    • Increase in searches for erectile dysfunction during winter: seasonal variation evidence from Google Trends in the United States [2022]
  • Journal of General Internal Medicine
    • Marked Increase in Sales of Erectile Dysfunction Medication During COVID-19 [2021]
  • Research and Reports in Urology
    • Post-prostatectomy erectile dysfunction: contemporary approaches from a US perspective [2014]
  • Sexual Medicine
    • Quantifying the number of US men with erectile dysfunction who are potential candidates for penile prosthesis implantation [2023]
    • COVID-19 Infection Is Associated With New Onset Erectile Dysfunction: Insights From a National Registry [2022]
    • Treatment Patterns and Healthcare Outcomes with Collagenase Clostridium Histolyticum vs Surgery in Peyronie's Disease: A Retrospective Claims Database Analysis [2021]
    • The Decline of Inpatient Penile Prosthesis over the 10-Year Period, 2000–2010 [2015]
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  • Topic
    • Male sexual disorders

Female sexual disorders

• Arab countries
  • European Journal of Cancer Care
    • Sexual activity and cancer: A systematic review of prevalence, predictors and information needs among female Arab cancer survivors [2022]
• Asia
  • Women's Health
    • Care for breast cancer survivors in Asian countries: A review of sexual dysfunction [2024]
• Australia
  • Australian Journal of General Practice
    • Clinical assessment and management of vaginismus [2024]
• Brazil
  • European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
    • Prevalence of female sexual dysfunction in Brazil: A systematic review [2017]
• Canada
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Female Sexual Health Consensus Clinical Guidelines [2018]
• China
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Sexual dysfunction and mode of delivery in Chinese primiparous women: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2017]
• International
  • BMC Public Health
    • Sexual health concerns in women with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review in qualitative studies [2021]
  • BMC Women's Health
    • Prevalence and risk of developing sexual dysfunction in women with multiple sclerosis (MS): a systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]
  • Gaceta Sanitaria
    • Gaps in sexual health research about women who have sex with women. A scoping review [2022]
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • Psychosexual health in gynecologic cancer [2018]
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • The Impact of Mode of Birth, and Episiotomy, on Postpartum Sexual Function in the Medium- and Longer-Term: An Integrative Systematic Review [2023]
  • International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health
    • International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH) Review of Epidemiology and Pathophysiology, and a Consensus Nomenclature and Process of Care for the Management of Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder/Genito-Pelvic Dysesthesia (PGAD/GPD) [2021]
    • The International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health Process of Care for Management of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Women [2018]
    • Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder: International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH) Expert Consensus Panel Review [2017]
  • Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
    • Nonpharmacological treatment of postpartum sexual dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]
  • Sexual Medicine
    • Sexual Health Screening for Gynecologic and Breast Cancer Survivors: A Review and Critical Analysis of Validated Screening Tools [2022]
  • Women's Health
    • The experiences of women seeking help for vaginismus and its impact on their sense of self: An integrative review [2023]
• Iran
  • Journal of Education and Health Promotion
    • Measuring Iranian women's sexual behaviors: Expert opinion [2014]
• Low and middle income countries
  • Reproductive Health
    • A scoping review on women's sexual health in the postpartum period: opportunities for research and practice within low-and middle-income countries [2022]
• Norway
  • Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
    • Sexual activity and functioning in long-term breast cancer survivors; exploring associated factors in a nationwide survey [2022]
• Taiwan
  • BMC Psychiatry
    • Psychiatric disorders in female psychosexual disorders—a nationwide, cohort study in Taiwan [2021]
• Turkey
  • African Health Sciences
    • Evaluation of sexual function and sexual quality of life in women during the COVID-19 Pandemic: the Turkish case [2023]
• United States
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Female Sexual Dysfunction: ACOG Practice Bulletin Clinical Management Guidelines for Obstetrician-Gynecologists, Number 213 [2019]
  • Food and Drug Administration
    • Low Sexual Interest, Desire, and/or Arousal in Women: Developing Drugs for Treatment Guidance for Industry [2016]
• {Related topics}
  • Topic
    • Sexual health, male and female sexual disorders
    • Menopause, hormone replacement therapy: genitourinary syndrome, sexual disorders
    • Female infertility
    • Adolescent sexual health

Male sexual disorders

• Asia
  • Journal of Diabetes Investigation
    • Gaps in the management of diabetes in Asia: A need for improved awareness and strategies in men's sexual health [2022]
• Asia, Europe
  • American Journal of Men's Health
    • Epidemiology of Male Sexual Dysfunction in Asian and European Regions: A Systematic Review [2020]
• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • The male reproductive system – an overview of common problems [2013]
  • Australian Journal of General Practice
    • Male sexual dysfunction: Clinical diagnosis and management strategies for common sexual problems [2023]
• Canada
  • Diabetes Canada
    • Sexual Dysfunction and Hypogonadism in Men With Diabetes [2018]
• Europe
  • European Association of Urology
    • European Association of Urology Guidelines on Sexual and Reproductive Health-2021 Update: Male Sexual Dysfunction [2021]
  • European Society for Sexual Medicine
    • Male Sexual Dysfunctions in the Infertile Couple–Recommendations From the European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM) [2021]
• International
  • BMJ Global Health
    • Gender-transformative programming with men and boys to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights: a systematic review of intervention studies [2020]
  • Frontiers in Medicine
    • Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Sexual Dysfunction in Male: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2021]
  • International Continence Society
    • International Continence Society (ICS) report on the terminology for sexual health in men with lower urinary tract (LUT) and pelvic floor (PF) dysfunction [2022]
  • Systematic Reviews
    • Prevalence of sexual dysfunction in men with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]
• Middle East, North Africa
  • BMC Public Health
    • Scoping review of sexual and reproductive healthcare for men in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region: a handful of paradoxes? [2023]
• New Zealand
  • BMJ Open
    • National trends in sexual health indicators among gay and bisexual men disaggregated by ethnicity: repeated cross-sectional behavioural surveillance in New Zealand [2020]
• Poland
  • Scientific Reports
    • Population-level prevalence, effect on quality of life, and treatment behavior for erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation in Poland [2023]
• Spain
  • Revista Internacional de Andrología
    • An observational, national and multicentric study to describe the detection, diagnosis and treatment of erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation from the patient's perspective [2023]
• United States
  • Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy
    • Prostatic irradiation-induced sexual dysfunction: a review and multidisciplinary guide to management in the radical radiotherapy era (Part I defining the organ at risk for sexual toxicities) [2020]
    • Prostatic irradiation-induced sexual dysfunction: A review and multidisciplinary guide to management in the radical radiotherapy era (Part III on Psychosexual Therapy and the Masculine Self-Esteem) [2020]
    • Prostatic irradiation-induced sexual dysfunction: A review and multidisciplinary guide to management in the radical radiotherapy era (Part II on Urological Management) [2020]
• {Related topics}
  • Topic
    • Sexual health, male and female sexual disorders
    • Male infertility
    • Erectile dysfunction
    • Ejaculation disorders
    • Andrology
    • Adolescent sexual health

Sexual health, male and female sexual disorders

• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Sex and intellectual disability – dealing with sexual health issues [2011]
  • Australian Journal of General Practice
    • Sexual dysfunctions and sex therapy: The role of a general practitioner [2020]
• Austria
  • Archives of Women's Mental Health
    • Let us integrate sexual health—do psychiatrists integrate sexual health in patient management? [2020]
• Brazil
  • BMC Public Health
    • Sexual behavior and self-declaration of sexual orientation among people 18-64 years in Brazil: results from the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices survey, 2013 and the National Health Survey, 2019 [2023]
• Canada
  • Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
    • Treatment Strategies for Sexual Dysfunction Associated With Psychotropic Medications [2022]
  • Ontario Health
    • Interventions to Address Sexual Problems in People with Cancer [2016]
• China
  • JAMA Network Open
    • Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Patterns Relating to Sexual Dysfunction Among Urologists and Andrologists in China [2023]
• Denmark
  • Journal of Sexual Medicine
    • Physical and Mental Health Problems and Their Associations With Inter-Personal Sexual Inactivity and Sexual Dysfunctions in Denmark: Baseline Assessment in a National Cohort Study [2022]
• Ethiopia
  • PLoS ONE
    • Estimate the burden of sexual dysfunction due to non-communicable diseases in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]
• Europe
  • European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer
    • How to evaluate sexual health in cancer patients: development of the EORTC sexual health questionnaire for cancer patients [2015]
  • WHO European Region
    • Sexual health EURO
• Germany
  • Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
    • Estimating the Prevalence of Sexual Dysfunction Using the New ICD-11 Guidelines [2020]
• High-income countries
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • Sexual Health Help-Seeking Behavior among Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia living in High Income Countries: A Systematic Review [2018]
• India
  • Indian Journal of Psychiatry
    • A systematic review of Indian studies on sexual dysfunction in patients with substance use disorders [2021]
    • Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sexual Dysfunction [2017]
• International
  • European Heart Journal
    • Sexual counselling for individuals with cardiovascular disease and their partners: a consensus document from the American Heart Association and the ESC Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (CCNAP) [2013]
  • Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    • Sexual health training course [2024]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Behaviour change techniques in brief interventions to prevent HIV, STI and unintended pregnancies: A systematic review [2018]
  • Sexual Medicine Reviews
    • Sexual Health During COVID-19: A Scoping Review [2022]
  • Supportive Care in Cancer
    • Experiences of sexual well-being interventions in males affected by genitourinary cancers and their partners: an integrative systematic review [2023]
• Italy
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
    • Validation of the Sexual Inhibition/Sexual Excitation Scales (SIS/SES) in Italy: Assessing Gender and Age Differences of Sexual Functioning [2021]
• Luxembourg
  • BMC Public Health
    • Sexual satisfaction and sexual behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from the International Sexual Health And REproductive (I-SHARE) health survey in Luxembourg [2022]
• Poland
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
    • Increase in the Prevalence of Online Pornography Use: Objective Data Analysis from the Period Between 2004 and 2016 in Poland [2022]
  • Journal of Behavioral Addictions
    • Withdrawal and tolerance as related to compulsive sexual behavior disorder and problematic pornography use - Preregistered study based on a nationally representative sample in Poland [2022]
• Sweden
  • Cancer Medicine
    • Do young adults with cancer receive information about treatment-related impact on sex life? Results from a population-based study [2023]
• United Kingdom
  • BMJ Open
    • Prevalence and types of sexual inactivity in Britain: analyses of national cross-sectional probability survey data [2019]
  • Care Quality Commission
    • Promoting sexual safety through empowerment [2020]
  • Department of Health and Social Care
    • A Framework for Sexual Health Improvement in England
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Sexual health (Quality standard) [2019]
    • Sexual health
  • Public Health England
    • Sexual health: variation in outcomes and inequalities
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists
    • Royal College of Psychiatrists' statement on sexual orientation [2014]
  • Scottish Government
    • Sexual orientation in Scotland 2017: summary of evidence base [2017]
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections
    • Sexual behaviours and sexual health among middle-aged and older adults in Britain [2023]
• United States
  • American Heart Association
    • Sexual Counseling for Individuals With Cardiovascular Disease and Their Partners [2013]
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology
    • Interventions to Address Sexual Problems in People With Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Adaptation of Cancer Care Ontario Guideline [2018]
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
    • Changes in Penile-Vaginal Intercourse Frequency and Sexual Repertoire from 2009 to 2018: Findings from the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior [2021]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Sexual Behavior, Sexual Attraction, and Sexual Orientation Among Adults Aged 18-44 in the United States: Data From the 2011-2013 National Survey of Family Growth [2016]
  • Frontiers in Public Health
    • Sexual health indicators for the United States: Measuring progress and documenting public health needs [2023]
  • Health Education & Behavior
    • Sexual Health Interventions for Racial/Ethnic Minorities Using Community-Based Participatory Research: A Systematic Review [2023]
  • JAMA Network Open
    • Trends in Frequency of Sexual Activity and Number of Sexual Partners Among Adults Aged 18 to 44 Years in the US, 2000-2018 [2020]
  • Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
    • Sexual health and education guidelines for the care of people with spina bifida [2020]
  • Public Health Reports
    • Measurement of Sexual Health in the U.S.: An Inventory of Nationally Representative Surveys and Surveillance Systems [2013]
  • Sexual and Relationship Therapy
    • Genital vibration for sexual function and enhancement: best practice recommendations for choosing and safely using a vibrator [2018]
  • Sexual Medicine Reviews
    • A Medical Education Recommendation for Improving Sexual Health and Humanism and Professionalism [2021]
  • Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
    • A Primary Care Provider’s Guide to Sexual Health for Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury [2020]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • WHO recommendations on self-care interventions: availability of lubricants during sexual activity [2023]
    • Sexual Health Assessment of Practices and Experiences (SHAPE): questionnaire and implementation considerations [2023]
    • Sexual health and its linkages to reproductive health: an operational approach [2017]
    • Sexual health, human rights and the law [2015]
    • Brief sexuality-related communication: recommendations for a public health approach [2015]
    • Measuring sexual health: conceptual and practical considerations and related indicators [2010]
    • Developing sexual health programmes: a framework for action [2010]
    • Alcohol use and sexual risk behaviour: a cross-cultural study in eight countries [2005]
    • Sexual health and well-being
    • Sexual health
• {Related topics}
  • Topic
    • Transsexualism, transgenderism
    • Male sexual disorders
    • Infertility
    • Female sexual disorders
    • Adolescent sexual health

Transsexualism, transgenderism

• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Gender dysphoria [2015]
  • Australian Journal of General Practice
    • Urological focus on gender affirmation surgery [2024]
    • Supporting the health of trans patients in the context of Australian general practice [2020]
    • Hormone therapy for trans and gender diverse patients in the general practice setting [2020]
    • Bisexual mental health and gender diversity: Findings from the ‘Who I Am’ study [2020]
  • LGBT Health
    • The Health and Well-Being of Transgender Australians: A National Community Survey [2021]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Australian standards of care and treatment guidelines for transgender and gender diverse children and adolescents [2018]
• Bhutan
  • PLoS ONE
    • Stigma and discrimination against transgender men in Bhutan [2023]
    • Population size estimation of transgender women and men in Bhutan [2022]
• Brazil
  • Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
    • Contraceptive Counseling for the Transgender Patient Assigned Female at Birth [2022]
    • Recommendations for the Use of Testosterone in Male Transgender [2018]
  • Revista de Saúde Pública
    • Systematic review on health care for transvestites and transsexuals in Brazil [2023]
  • Scientific Reports
    • Proportion of people identified as transgender and non-binary gender in Brazil [2021]
• Canada
  • Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
    • Primary Care Initiated Gender-Affirming Therapy for Gender Dysphoria: A Review of Evidence Based Guidelines [2020]
    • Gender Affirming Therapy for Gender Dysphoria: A Rapid Qualitative Review [2020]
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Hypergranulation management following penile inversion vaginoplasty [2024]
  • Canadian Paediatric Society
    • An affirming approach to caring for transgender and gender-diverse youth [2023]
  • CMAJ
    • Management of gender dysphoria in adolescents in primary care [2019]
  • CMAJ Open
    • Health care access among transgender and nonbinary people in Canada, 2019: a cross-sectional survey [2021]
  • Ontario Health
    • Overarching Policy for the Screening of Trans People in the Ontario Breast Screening Program and the Ontario Cervical Screening Program [2021]
• Caribbean
  • Pan American Health Organization
    • Blueprint for the Provision of Comprehensive Care for Trans Persons and Their Communities in the Caribbean and Other Anglophone Countries [2014]
• China
  • JAMA Network Open
    • Mental Health Status of Cisgender and Gender-Diverse Secondary School Students in China [2020]
  • Lancet Public Health
    • The mental health of transgender and gender non-conforming people in China: a systematic review [2021]
• Denmark
  • Andrology
    • Gender affirming hormonal treatment in Danish transgender persons: A nationwide register-based study [2022]
• Dominican Republic
  • AIDS Patient Care and STDs
    • Transgender Women in Dominican Republic: HIV, Stigma, Substances, and Sex Work [2021]
• Europe
  • BMC Public Health
    • The significance of structural stigma towards transgender people in health care encounters across Europe: Health care access, gender identity disclosure, and discrimination in health care as a function of national legislation and public attitudes [2023]
  • European Academy of Paediatrics
    • European Academy of Paediatrics statement on the clinical management of children and adolescents with gender dysphoria [2024]
  • European Society for Sexual Medicine
    • ESSM Position Statement "Sexual Wellbeing After Gender Affirming Surgery" [2022]
  • European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
    • Access to transgender hormone therapy | European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Toward a Lowest Effective Dose of Cyproterone Acetate in Trans Women: Results From the ENIGI Study [2021]
  • Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
    • Effects of hormonal treatment on dermatological outcome in transgender people: a multicentric prospective study (ENIGI) [2023]
• Finland
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
    • Two years of gender identity service for minors: overrepresentation of natal girls with severe problems in adolescent development [2015]
• France
  • Académie nationale de médecine
    • Medicine and gender transidentity in children and adolescents [2022]
  • Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology
    • Adverse effects of gender-affirming hormonal therapy in transgender persons: Assessing reports in the French pharmacovigilance database [2022]
• Germany
  • Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
    • Hormonal Gender Reassignment Treatment for Gender Dysphoria [2020]
  • JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
    • Acceptance, Use, and Barriers of Telemedicine in Transgender Health Care in Times of SARS-CoV-2: Nationwide Cross-sectional Survey [2021]
• India
  • Indian Journal of Medical Research
    • The need for targeted behavioural HIV-related interventions for transgender women in India: A scoping review [2022]
  • Indian Pediatrics
    • Adolescent Health Academy Statement on the Care of Transgender Children, Adolescents, and Youth [2023]
• International
  • Annals of Translational Medicine
    • Systematic review of fertility preservation options in transgender patients: a guide for plastic surgeons [2021]
  • Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • Desire for children and fertility preservation in transgender and gender-diverse people: A systematic review [2023]
  • BMJ Open
    • International clinical practice guidelines for gender minority/trans people: systematic review and quality assessment [2021]
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    • Transgender health in medical education [2021]
    • Ensuring an inclusive global health agenda for transgender people [2017]
  • International Journal for Equity in Health
    • The integration of sex and gender considerations in health policymaking: a scoping review [2021]
  • International Planned Parenthood Federation
    • Gender assessment toolkit [2019]
    • IMAP statement on hormone therapy for transgender people [2015]
  • JAMA Network Open
    • Implementation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Gender-Affirming Care Worldwide: A Systematic Review [2023]
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
    • The World Health Organization's work and recommendations for improving the health of trans and gender diverse people [2022]
    • Global scoping review of HIV prevention research with transgender people: Transcending from trans-subsumed to trans-centred research [2021]
    • Putting the t in tools: a roadmap for implementation of new global and regional transgender guidance [2016]
  • Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
    • Puberty suppression in transgender children and adolescents [2017]
  • PLoS ONE
    • The worldwide burden of HIV in transgender individuals: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]
  • Transgender Health
    • Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Transgender Persons: A Systematic Review [2020]
    • Consensus Parameter: Research Methodologies to Evaluate Neurodevelopmental Effects of Pubertal Suppression in Transgender Youth [2020]
    • Guidance and Ethical Considerations for Undertaking Transgender Health Research and Institutional Review Boards Adjudicating this Research [2017]
  • UN Women
    • Inputs for the Report on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Peace and Security: Submission from UN Women to the UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity [2022]
  • UNAIDS
    • HIV and transgender and other gender-diverse people — Human rights fact sheet series 2021 [2021]
  • United Nations Population Fund
    • Technical Brief: Transgender People and HIV in Prisons and other Closed Settings [2022]
    • Implementing Comprehensive HIV and STI Programmes with Transgender People: Practical Guidance for Collaborative Interventions (the “TRANSIT”) [2016]
  • World Professional Association for Transgender Health
    • World professional association for transgender health guidelines: 2022 surgical treatment updates in the standards of care for transgender and gender diverse people [2023]
    • Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8 [2022]
    • Statement in response to calls for banning evidence-based supportive health interventions for transgender and gender diverse youth [2020]
    • Electronic medical records and the transgender patient: recommendations from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health EMR Working Group [2013]
• Italy
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
    • Prevalence and Correlates of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Transgender People: An Italian Multicentric Cross-Sectional Study [2022]
  • La Clinica Terapeutica
    • Identity and reproductive rights of transgenders: are current legal and ethical frameworks soon to be outdated? Medicolegal implications of potentially life-changing decisions [2022]
• Latin America
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
    • Factors associated with long-term HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis engagement and adherence among transgender women in Brazil, Mexico and Peru: results from the ImPrEP study [2022]
    • HIV prevention among transgender women in Latin America: implementation, gaps and challenges [2016]
• Low and middle income countries
  • BMJ Global Health
    • Health of transgender men in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review [2020]
• Netherlands
  • BJU International
    • Incidence of testicular cancer in trans women using gender-affirming hormonal treatment: a nationwide cohort study [2022]
  • Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
    • The Dutch Protocol for Juvenile Transsexuals: Origins and Evidence [2023]
• New Zealand
  • Family Practice
    • Supportive interactions with primary care doctors are associated with better mental health among transgender people: results of a nationwide survey in Aotearoa/New Zealand [2022]
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
    • PrEP awareness and protective barrier negotiation among transgender people attracted to men in Aotearoa New Zealand [2022]
• Norway
  • Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
    • Being a man, but using the body as a woman - Norwegian midwives' thoughts on providing antenatal care for pregnant transmen [2023]
• Philippines
  • Global Health Research and Policy
    • Intersectionality and the invisibility of transgender health in the Philippines [2022]
  • Lancet Global Health
    • Trans-inclusive HIV services are needed in the Philippines' post-pandemic recovery [2023]
  • WHO Western Pacific Region
    • Policy brief : transgender health and HIV in the Philippines [2016]
• South Africa
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
    • Differentiated HIV services for transgender people in four South African districts: population characteristics and HIV care cascade [2022]
• Spain
  • Actas Españolas de Psiquiatría
    • Spanish research in gender dysphoria: A review of more than 20 years of biomedical literature [2020]
  • Anales de Pediatría (English Edition)
    • Clinical practice guidelines for transsexual, transgender and gender diverse minors [2022]
• Sweden
  • National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen)
    • Summary of Key Recommendations from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen/NBHW) - Children and youth <18 with gender dysphoria / gender incongruence [2022]
  • Scientific Reports
    • Validity of the Gender Dysphoria diagnosis and incidence trends in Sweden: a nationwide register study [2021]
  • Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services
    • A systematic review of hormone treatment for children with gender dysphoria and recommendations for research [2023]
• Switzerland
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
    • Identifying and Characterizing Trans Women in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study as an Epidemiologically Distinct Risk Group [2022]
• Taiwan
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
    • Prevalence and Comorbidity of Gender Dysphoria in Taiwan, 2010-2019 [2023]
• Thailand
  • Scientific World Journal
    • The Development of Sex Reassignment Surgery in Thailand: A Social Perspective [2014]
• United Kingdom
  • Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England
    • The case for bilateral mastectomy and male chest contouring for the female-to-male transsexual [2013]
  • Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • Gender-affirming surgery for transgender Adolescents: Ethical and legal considerations [2023]
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • Accessing and utilising gender-affirming healthcare in England and Wales: trans and non-binary people’s accounts of navigating gender identity clinics [2021]
  • BMJ Open
    • Demographic characteristics, long-term health conditions and healthcare experiences of 6333 trans and non-binary adults in England: nationally representative evidence from the 2021 GP Patient Survey [2023]
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • A Scoping Review of Transgender Policies in the 15 Most Commonly Played UK Professional Sports [2023]
  • NHS England
    • Review of the NHS adult gender dysphoria clinics in England: terms of reference and key lines of enquiry [2024]
    • Clinical commissioning policy: prescribing of gender affirming hormones (masculinising or feminising hormones) as part of the children and young people’s gender service [2024]
    • Clinical Policy: Puberty suppressing hormones [2024]
    • Prescribing of Cross-Sex Hormones as part of the Gender Identity Development Service for Children and Adolescents [2016]
  • Postgraduate Medical Journal
    • Current management of male-to-female gender identity disorder in the UK [2007]
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists
    • Supporting transgender and gender-diverse people [2018]
• United States
  • Aesthetic Surgery Journal
    • Nationwide Estimates of Gender-Affirming Chest Reconstruction in the United States, 2016-2019 [2023]
  • AIDS and Behavior
    • Determinants of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Implementation in Transgender Populations: A Qualitative Scoping Review [2023]
  • AIDS Patient Care and STDs
    • Barriers and Facilitators to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake, Adherence, and Persistence Among Transgender Populations in the United States: A Systematic Review [2022]
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents [2018]
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals [2021]
  • American College of Radiology
    • Transgender Breast Cancer Screening
  • American Heart Association
    • Assessing and Addressing Cardiovascular Health in People Who Are Transgender and Gender Diverse: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association [2021]
  • American Journal of Clinical Oncology
    • Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Disparities in Transgender People [2022]
  • American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • Abortion experiences and preferences of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive people in the United States [2020]
  • American Society for Reproductive Medicine
    • Access to fertility services by transgender and nonbinary persons: an Ethics Committee opinion [2021]
  • Annals of Behavioral Medicine
    • State-Level Policy Stigma and Non-Prescribed Hormones Use among Trans Populations in the United States: A Mediational Analysis of Insurance and Anticipated Stigma [2022]
  • Annals of Epidemiology
    • Prevention-effective adherence trajectories among transgender women indicated for PrEP in the United States: a prospective cohort study [2022]
  • Annals of Family Medicine
    • Insurance Coverage and Use of Hormones Among Transgender Respondents to a National Survey [2020]
  • Annual Review of Public Health
    • Health and Health Care Among Transgender Adults in the United States [2022]
  • Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
    • Provision of Human Milk in the Context of Gender Diversity: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 15 [2021]
  • Behavioral Medicine
    • The Roles of Gender Affirmation and Discrimination in the Resilience of Transgender Individuals in the US [2020]
  • Cell Reports Medicine
    • Legislation restricting gender-affirming care for transgender youth: Politics eclipse healthcare [2022]
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Among Transgender Women — Seven Urban Areas, United States, 2019–2020 [2024]
    • Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Mpox in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Adults — United States, May–November 2022 [2023]
    • Factors Associated with Use of HIV Prevention and Health Care Among Transgender Women — Seven Urban Areas, 2019–2020 [2022]
    • HIV Partner Service Delivery Among Transgender Women — United States, 2013–2017 [2020]
    • HIV Testing Among Transgender Women and Men — 27 States and Guam, 2014–2015 [2017]
  • Endocrine Nurses Society
    • Endocrine Nurses Society Position Statement on Transgender and Gender Diverse Care [2021]
  • Endocrine Practice
    • Assessing and Addressing the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism Across the Spectrum of Gender Affirming Care: A Review [2023]
  • Endocrine Society
    • Endocrine Treatment of Gender-Dysphoric/Gender-Incongruent Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline [2017]
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
    • Disparities in health condition diagnoses among aging transgender and cisgender medicare beneficiaries, 2008-2017 [2023]
  • International Antiviral Society-USA
    • Management and Prevention of HIV Among Transgender Adults [2020]
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • A Review of Patient Experiences and Provider Education to Improve Transgender Health Inequities in the USA [2023]
  • JAMA Network Open
    • National Estimates of Gender-Affirming Surgery in the US [2023]
  • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
    • Geographic Variation in HIV Testing Among Transgender and Nonbinary Adults in the United States [2022]
  • Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
    • Formative development of a fertility decision aid for transgender adolescents and young adults: a multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study [2020]
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Proper Care of Transgender and Gender Diverse Persons in the Setting of Proposed Discrimination: A Policy Perspective [2021]
  • Journal of Community Health
    • Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations for Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients: A Knowledge and Familiarity Assessment of Primary Care Practitioners [2023]
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
    • Ethical HIV research with transgender and non-binary communities in the United States [2022]
    • An evaluation of nine culturally tailored interventions designed to enhance engagement in HIV care among transgender women of colour in the United States [2022]
  • LGBT Health
    • State-Level Policies and Health Outcomes in U.S. Transgender Adolescents: Findings from the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey [2023]
    • Medical Gender Affirmation and HIV and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention in Transgender Youth: Results from the Survey of Today's Adolescent Relationships and Transitions, 2018 [2021]
    • Fertility Preservation Legislation in the United States: Potential Implications for Transgender Individuals [2019]
  • Milbank Quarterly
    • State-Level Transgender-Specific Policies, Race/Ethnicity, and Use of Medical Gender Affirmation Services among Transgender and Other Gender-Diverse People in the United States [2020]
  • National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
    • Measuring Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation [2022]
  • North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
    • NASPAG Clinical Opinion: The Care of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Adolescents and Young Adults [2024]
  • Pediatric Endocrine Society
    • A self-guided curriculum on endocrinology standard of care for gender diverse youth, including ethical considerations [2023]
  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open
    • Mastectomy in Transgender and Cisgender Patients: A Comparative Analysis of Epidemiology and Postoperative Outcomes [2019]
    • Epidemiologic Characteristics and Postoperative Complications following Augmentation Mammaplasty: Comparison of Transgender and Cisgender Females [2019]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Cardiovascular disease risk among transgender women living with HIV in the United States [2020]
  • Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders
    • Gender Dysphoria in Pediatric and Transitional-Aged Youth Hospitalized for Suicidal Behaviors: A Cross-National Inpatient Study [2023]
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
    • Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Genital and Extragenital Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Among Transgender Women in HIV Care in the United States, 2005 to 2016 [2021]
  • Society of Family Planning
    • Society of Family Planning clinical recommendations: Contraceptive counseling for transgender and gender diverse people who were female sex assigned at birth [2020]
  • Topics in Antiviral Medicine
    • Providing gender-affirming care to transgender and gender-diverse individuals with and at risk for HIV [2023]
  • Translational Andrology and Urology
    • Cancer screening in the transgender population: a review of current guidelines, best practices, and a proposed care model [2020]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Recommended package of enabling and health interventions for HIV, viral hepatitis and STI prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for trans and gender diverse people: policy brief [2023]
    • Frequently asked questions on health and sexual diversity: an introduction to key concepts [2016]
    • HIV and young transgender people [2015]
• Zambia
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
    • Reaching transgender populations in Zambia for HIV prevention and linkage to treatment using community-based service delivery [2022]
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