Abstract
To our knowledge, little attention has been paid to the sexual function of health workers. The aim of the present study was to assess the frequency of sexual dysfunction among Chinese doctors. In addition, the risk factors for sexual dysfunction were analyzed. This was a questionnaire-based multicenter cross-sectional survey performed in five large academic medical centers in China. A total of 539 male doctors, 547 female doctors were evaluated. We analyzed doctors' demographic characteristics, quality of life, sexual function and attitudes towards sexual problems. Chinese doctors are at high risk of sexual dysfunction and poor health. The prevalence of sexual dysfunction appears to increase with age, and is associated with various social and demographic factors including monthly income, physical exercise, working hours, night shift and health-related quality. The quality of life and sexual health of doctors deserves special attention as a significant public health concern. Alleviating work pressure, increasing income, improving quality of life and therapeutic sexual problems should be considered comprehensively.
Highlights
To our knowledge, little attention has been paid to the sexual function of health workers
Our data on help-seeking suggested that only 3.15% of these participants sought medical consultation for their sexual problems. This was a questionnaire-based multicenter cross-sectional survey performed in five large academic medical centers in Nanjing, Hefei, Changchun, Urumqi and Zhanjiang from May to July 2019
Participants were enrolled from these five medical centers through a nonrandom cluster sampling procedure
Summary
Little attention has been paid to the sexual function of health workers. The prevalence of sexual dysfunction appears to increase with age, and is associated with various social and demographic factors including monthly income, physical exercise, working hours, night shift and health-related quality. Sexual dysfunction have been studied extensively in different populations, but the sexual function of health workers has received very little attention[13,14] These scanty studies only focused on the risk factors of sexual dysfunction, such as age and related diseases. That is, in these studies, the health worker groups was considered only as readily accessible samples, their sexual function has not been specially analyzed. Stress from night shift work, overtime, and other occupational characteristics, such as chemical exposure, radiation sources, musculoskeletal strain and disorders can affect the mental and physical health of doctors[17,18,19]
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