Sexual dysfunction in Saudi depressed male patients

Abstract

INTRODUCTION Sexual dysfunction is common among depressed male patients; however, its causes are complex and multifactorial. The aim of this study is to identify risk factors for sexual dysfunction associated with depression. METHODS One hundred and twenty-five consecutive depressed male patients were interviewed at Jeddah Psychiatric Hospital. They were divided in to two groups, on the basis of whether they had sexual dysfunction or not. These two groups were then compared on a number of potential risk factors, using chi-square and odds ratio. RESULTS The majority of patients had not previously been asked about sexual dysfunction. Seventy-seven (62%) presented with sexual dysfunction and 48 (38%) without. Marital difficulties, hypertension, diabetes, severity of depression and tricyclic antidepressants were significant risk factors. No association was found with demographic origin, occupation, education or marital status. These results are similar in some aspects to those reported in western studies. CONCLUSIONS (a) The majority of doctors do not take a sexual history despite its high prevalence. (b) Physical illness and overall severity of depression were important risk factors.

Depressive disorders in the Arabian Gulf Cooperation Council countries: a literature review

“…After reviewing the full articles for eligibility and exclusion of any duplicates, only 28 studies were found to be eligible for inclusion in this literature review. 15 – 42 Numerically, Saudi Arabia headed the list of publications having published 10 articles followed by the United Arab Emirates with six, Kuwait with five, Qatar with three, and Bahrain and Oman with two articles each ( Table 1 ). However, this order was different when the absolute numbers of articles were correlated with the total population numbers for each country ( Table 2 ).…”

“… 16 , 19 , 25 , 28 , 30 , 33 The majority (24 of 28; 85.7%) were cross-sectional studies. 15 – 24 , 26 – 28 , 30 – 40 Approximately half of the studies (13 of 28; 46.4%) were designed to be conducted in community and/or primary health care settings. 15 , 18 , 19 , 22 , 24 , 25 , 28 , 30 – 34 , 37 Of the remaining studies, six were limited to well-defined populations or cohorts of outpatients such as university students, 16 , 17 , 20 , 26 , 41 , 42 four were undertaken on patients with diabetes mellitus and two on postpartum females.…”

Evaluating relationship between sexuality and mental health with the help of computers

“…Turkistani [19] declared in their study that the most frequent types of sexual dysfunction among depressed men were unsound sexual interest and erectile dysfunction; however, ejaculatory dysfunction was the least associated with depression. Additionally, they showed that marital problems, medication, physical illness and the severity of depression were risk factors for sexual dysfunction associated with depression.…”