Abstract
Objectives- To assess prevalence of and compare sociodemographic and clinical variables of depression, anxiety and alcohol use amongst men with (ED) Erectile dysfunction, (PME) Premature ejaculation and both. This cros Methods- s-sectional study was conducted at B.J Medical college and civil hospital, Ahmedabad. Sample of 100 males having either ED or PME or both, were taken from the Government civil hospital,Ahmedabad. Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 (GAD-7), and Alcohol Use Disorders Identication Test (AUDIT) were primary screening tools and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-5(DSM-5) was primary diagnostic tool. SPSS Statistics, version 20 was used.Chi-square test and Fisher's exact test were used to nd signicant statistical differences. Most men among Resultsall three groups of disorders were > 30 years,married, uneducated, worked in jobs that were below the clerical level and with monthly income <19,758/-.Overall, depression was found in 37 out of 100(37%), anxiety in 20 out of 100(20%) and alcohol use in 13 out of 100(13%) men. Anxiety was more prevalent(statistically signicant) in married males in PME and Mixed groups, and in men working above clerical work in ED and PME groups. Most men with ED, PME or both were >30 years old,married, uneducated, worked in j Conclusion- obs that were below clerical level and with monthly income <19,758/-. Both depression and anxiety were more prevalent in men with psychosexual disorders, which was higher than national prevalence, while alcohol use was found to be less than national prevalence.
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