PATTERN OF SEXUAL PROBLEMS AMONGST MALE ATTENDEES AT SEX AND MARRIAGE COUNSELLING CLINIC OF A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE: A CROSS–SECTIONAL STUDY

Debashish Parmar; Sonal Deshpande; Suresh Ughade; Uday Narlawar

Volume : V, Issue : II, February - 2016

PATTERN OF SEXUAL PROBLEMS AMONGST MALE ATTENDEES AT SEX AND MARRIAGE COUNSELLING CLINIC OF A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE: A CROSS–SECTIONAL STUDY

Debashish Parmar, Sonal Deshpande, Suresh Ughade, Uday Narlawar

Abstract :

Sexual problems although highly prevalent psychological disorders but has always been a neglected entity in clinical practice. With a view of scant data available about the nature and extent of sexual problem in central India present study was carried out to assess the nature of sexual disorders and its relation with some determinants like age, marital status, comorbidities and substance abuse. Cross sectional study was conducted at Sex and Marriage Counselling Clinic of a Tertiary Care Centre during January to December 2014 among 204 consenting male patients. Mean age (+S.D) of the patients was 35.23 (+11.71) years. Most common sexual problem amongst the study subjects was erectile dysfunction 111 (54.42%) followed by premature ejaculation 55 (26.96%). Proportion of all the sexual problems increased with increasing age. Significantly higher proportion of ED, PME and ED+ PME was found among married men as compared to NE and Dhat Syndrome. Co–morbidities in the form of Hypertension 41 (19.52%), diabetes mellitus 17 (7.625), IHD 5(2.38%), depression 12 (5.71%) was found among the patients. Among the 204 patients 83 (40.69%) gave history of past or current substance abuse. Erectile dysfunction was the commonest problem encountered among substance user