THE VALIDATION OF CHANGES IN SEXUAL FUNCTION OF MALE ADDICTS QUESTIONNAIRE AND THE COMPARISON OF THEIR SEXUAL FUNCTION WITH HEALTHY PEOPLE

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to validate the scale of sexual function changes in male addicts. Methods: For this purpose, 101 male addicts who have used one or more types of drugswere selected from drug treatment centers in Semnan.A 14-item questionnaire (Vallejo et al., 2010) was used as a research instrument. Results : The data was analyzed by using exploratory factor analysis on SPSS. Three variables including sexual pleasure (mental factor), sexual desirewere estimated by Cronbach’s alpha 0. 90. Sexual arousal and orgasm (physical factor) was estimated by Cronbach's alpha 0.92. The correlation of changes of sexual function questionnaire with Hullbert index of sexual desire (HISD) and sexual desires questionnaire (DSI-2) was respectively significant at the levels of 0.79 and 0.77. This confirms the concurrent validity of our research instrument. Also the retest reliability for mentioned variables was respectively estimated as 0.95, 0.75, and 0.76. In comparison to non-addicted men, the questionnaire clearly showed the sexual dysfunction of addicted men which indicates its validity. Conclusions: So Changes in sexual function questionnaire is a validated tool which is appropriate for measuring changes in sexual function.