Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Alcohol use is known to cause sexual dysfunction. Affective symptoms and marital conflicts are also associated with alcohol use, which can additionally affect sexual relationship and functioning. Regarding this, there is a lack of data from state of Himachal Pradesh. In this study we aimed to assess prevalence and correlates of sexual dysfunction in men with alcohol dependence and investigate association between sexual dysfunction and various variables. Our study was a cross‐sectional study wherein 100 patients were recruited from inpatient psychiatric and medicine setting. Patients were evaluated using tools International Classification of Disease, 10th revision, diagnostic criteria (ICD‐10), Severity of Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire, (SADQ) Arizona Sexual Experience Scale, Revised Dyadic adjustment scale (RDAS). Forty‐three 43 (43%) patients of (ADS) had sexual dysfunction as per ASEX. About 4/5th (79.06%) of patients of ADS suffering from (SD) had more than 1 type of sexual dysfunction. Most common type of SD was loss of sexual desire/drive which was present in about 2/3rd (two‐third) of patients i.e., 26 (60.47%). It was followed by dysfunction in sexual arousal 22 (51.16%), erectile dysfunction 19 (44.19%) and dissatisfaction with orgasm 17 (39.53%). Sexual Dysfunction (SD) as per ASEX, in ability to reach orgasm was present in only 11 out of 43 patients (25.58%). Sexual dysfunction was significantly associated with severity of alcohol dependence and amount of alcohol consumed per day. Majority of patients also had lower dyadic adjustments as per Revised dyadic adjustment scale. The present study shows that alcohol has damaging effects on sexual health of patients, which in turn may be used to motivate them to quit alcohol. Longitudnal studies using validated tools need to be done to confirm these findings.
How to cite this article:
Shivam Sharma, Dinesh Dutt Sharma, Nidhi Sharma and Gagandeep Ahuja. Prevalence and Correlates of Sexual Dysfunction in Men with Alcohol Dependence.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2023.9.125.130
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-9346/10.59218/makrjms.2023.9.125.130