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Do We Care Enough About the Presence of Sexual Problems in Diabetic Patients?

PURPOSE: Sexual health is not only the absence of sexual dysfunction or disability, but also the presence of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being related to sexuality. The current study aims to determine whether all adult patients who have applied for their regular health check-ups due...

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Autores principales: Bilen, Habib, Dayanan, Ramazan, Ciftel, Enver, Bilen, Arzu, Ciftel, Serpil, Mercantepe, Filiz, Capoglu, Ilyas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10638931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37954658
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S441833
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author Bilen, Habib
Dayanan, Ramazan
Ciftel, Enver
Bilen, Arzu
Ciftel, Serpil
Mercantepe, Filiz
Capoglu, Ilyas
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Dayanan, Ramazan
Ciftel, Enver
Bilen, Arzu
Ciftel, Serpil
Mercantepe, Filiz
Capoglu, Ilyas
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description PURPOSE: Sexual health is not only the absence of sexual dysfunction or disability, but also the presence of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being related to sexuality. The current study aims to determine whether all adult patients who have applied for their regular health check-ups due to diabetes mellitus had ever voluntarily expressed their sexual problems to a specialist and whether they were asked about the presence of sexual dysfunction. It also aims to determine how the physicians attach importance to the issue. PATIENTS AND METHODS: All patients aged 18–65 years with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus, who applied to our hospital between the years of January 2021 and 2022, were questioned by filling out a questionnaire for the presence of sexual problems in addition to screening for chronic complications of diabetes mellitus (retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy) and routine history and physical examination. RESULTS: The association between the presence of sexual problems and whether patients were questioned about the relevant issue in their previous controls and gender and age factors, educational background, presence of comorbidities, duration of marriage, and microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus were examined. In a population of 595 patients, 53.78% of the patients stated that they had sexual problems; however, 9.91% had been questioned about this issue by the physician. It was observed that 6.3% of female and 15.3% of male patients had previously consulted a doctor voluntarily due to their sexual problems. CONCLUSION: This study presents empirical findings that shed light on the inadequacies in healthcare providers’ approach to addressing sexual health concerns among individuals diagnosed with diabetes, as well as the shortcomings in patients’ effective communication of these concerns.
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spelling pubmed-106389312023-11-11 Do We Care Enough About the Presence of Sexual Problems in Diabetic Patients? Bilen, Habib Dayanan, Ramazan Ciftel, Enver Bilen, Arzu Ciftel, Serpil Mercantepe, Filiz Capoglu, Ilyas Int J Gen Med Original Research PURPOSE: Sexual health is not only the absence of sexual dysfunction or disability, but also the presence of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being related to sexuality. The current study aims to determine whether all adult patients who have applied for their regular health check-ups due to diabetes mellitus had ever voluntarily expressed their sexual problems to a specialist and whether they were asked about the presence of sexual dysfunction. It also aims to determine how the physicians attach importance to the issue. PATIENTS AND METHODS: All patients aged 18–65 years with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus, who applied to our hospital between the years of January 2021 and 2022, were questioned by filling out a questionnaire for the presence of sexual problems in addition to screening for chronic complications of diabetes mellitus (retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy) and routine history and physical examination. RESULTS: The association between the presence of sexual problems and whether patients were questioned about the relevant issue in their previous controls and gender and age factors, educational background, presence of comorbidities, duration of marriage, and microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus were examined. In a population of 595 patients, 53.78% of the patients stated that they had sexual problems; however, 9.91% had been questioned about this issue by the physician. It was observed that 6.3% of female and 15.3% of male patients had previously consulted a doctor voluntarily due to their sexual problems. CONCLUSION: This study presents empirical findings that shed light on the inadequacies in healthcare providers’ approach to addressing sexual health concerns among individuals diagnosed with diabetes, as well as the shortcomings in patients’ effective communication of these concerns. Dove 2023-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10638931/ /pubmed/37954658 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S441833 Text en © 2023 Bilen et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Ciftel, Enver
Bilen, Arzu
Ciftel, Serpil
Mercantepe, Filiz
Capoglu, Ilyas
Do We Care Enough About the Presence of Sexual Problems in Diabetic Patients?
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title_fullStr Do We Care Enough About the Presence of Sexual Problems in Diabetic Patients?
title_full_unstemmed Do We Care Enough About the Presence of Sexual Problems in Diabetic Patients?
title_short Do We Care Enough About the Presence of Sexual Problems in Diabetic Patients?
title_sort do we care enough about the presence of sexual problems in diabetic patients?
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10638931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37954658
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S441833
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