TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence and risk factors of female sexual dysfunction among healthcare personnel in malaysia
AU - Grewal, Gurdeep Singh
AU - Gill, Jesjeet Singh
AU - Sidi, Hatta
AU - Gurpreet, Kaur
AU - Jambunathan, Stephen Thevanathan
AU - Suffee, Nusrat J.
AU - Midin, Marhani
AU - Jaafar, Nik Ruzyanei Nik
AU - Das, Srijit
N1 - Funding Information:
Informed and written consent was obtained from all female respondents and their partners. This study was approved by the Medical Research Ethics Committee (MREC) of the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MREC Research ID: 4930) and the Ethics Committee of University Malaya Medical Center, Malaysia. 2.5
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - Objective To determine the prevalence and risk factors of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) among healthcare personnel in selected healthcare facilities in Malaysia. Methods This was a cross-sectional study carried out at three large healthcare facilities that were selected by convenience sampling. Within each facility, stratified random sampling was used to select suitable candidates to participate in the study (n = 201). Validated questionnaires were used to assess depression, anxiety, sexual function in women and erectile dysfunction (ED) in their partners. Results The prevalence of FSD was 5.5%. Women with sexual dysfunction were more likely to be married longer (OR = 4.08; 95% CI; 1.15-4.50), had lower frequency of sexual intercourse (OR = 5.00; 95% C; 1.05-23.76) and had a spouse with ED (OR = 24.35; 95% CI; 4.55-130.37). Multivariate analysis showed that ED was the strongest predictor for FSD (AOR = 27.30; 95% CI; 4.706-159.08). Conclusion One in eighteen female healthcare personnel suffered from FSD and presence of ED in the partner strongly impacted her sexual function, negatively. The findings highlight the importance of including the male partner in clinical assessment of FSD.
AB - Objective To determine the prevalence and risk factors of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) among healthcare personnel in selected healthcare facilities in Malaysia. Methods This was a cross-sectional study carried out at three large healthcare facilities that were selected by convenience sampling. Within each facility, stratified random sampling was used to select suitable candidates to participate in the study (n = 201). Validated questionnaires were used to assess depression, anxiety, sexual function in women and erectile dysfunction (ED) in their partners. Results The prevalence of FSD was 5.5%. Women with sexual dysfunction were more likely to be married longer (OR = 4.08; 95% CI; 1.15-4.50), had lower frequency of sexual intercourse (OR = 5.00; 95% C; 1.05-23.76) and had a spouse with ED (OR = 24.35; 95% CI; 4.55-130.37). Multivariate analysis showed that ED was the strongest predictor for FSD (AOR = 27.30; 95% CI; 4.706-159.08). Conclusion One in eighteen female healthcare personnel suffered from FSD and presence of ED in the partner strongly impacted her sexual function, negatively. The findings highlight the importance of including the male partner in clinical assessment of FSD.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.01.009
DO - 10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.01.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 23452905
AN - SCOPUS:84889886231
SN - 0010-440X
VL - 55
SP - S17-S22
JO - Comprehensive Psychiatry
JF - Comprehensive Psychiatry
IS - SUPPL. 1
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