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Comorbidity in patients with Dhat syndrome: a nationwide multicentric study
Sandeep Grover1, Ajit Avasthi1, Sunil Gupta2
1Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
The Journal of Sexual Medicine
|April 24, 2015
Summary
Dhat syndrome frequently co-occurs with sexual dysfunction, affecting half of patients. This is more common than depressive or anxiety disorders in individuals with Dhat syndrome.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Sexual Health
- Clinical Psychology
Background:
- Limited research exists on Dhat syndrome, with existing studies hampered by varied assessment methods and small sample sizes.
- This study addresses the need for standardized assessment of comorbidities in Dhat syndrome across multiple Indian centers.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the prevalence of comorbidities in patients diagnosed with Dhat syndrome using a unified methodology.
- To establish the frequency of sexual dysfunction and psychiatric disorders in Dhat syndrome patients.
Main Methods:
- A multicentric, cross-sectional study involving 780 male patients over 16 years old across 15 centers in India.
- International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) criteria were employed for assessing psychiatric morbidity and sexual dysfunction.
Main Results:
- Comorbid sexual dysfunction was present in 51.3% of patients.
- Depressive disorders (20.5%) and neurotic, stress-related, and somatoform disorders (20.5%) were also common comorbidities.
- More than one-fourth (28.7%) had only sexual dysfunction, while 15.9% had only depressive/anxiety disorders, and 22.6% had both.
Conclusions:
- Sexual dysfunction is a highly prevalent comorbidity in Dhat syndrome, observed in approximately half of the cases.
- Comorbid sexual dysfunction is more frequent than associated depressive and anxiety disorders in Dhat syndrome.
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