Sexual dysfunction in Assyrian/Syrian immigrants and Swedish-born persons with type 2 diabetes

BMC Research Notes

Kristina Sundquist³  Jonas Tovi¹  Sven-Erik Johansson¹  Alexandre Wajngot¹  Marina Taloyan² 

[1] Karolinska Institutet, Center for Family and Community Medicine, Alfred Nobels allé 12, SE −141 83 Huddinge, Sweden;Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, SE −106 91 Stockholm, Sweden;Center for Primary Health Care Research, Region Skåne/Lund University, CRC, hus 28, plan 11, Jan Waldenströms gata 35, SUS, 205 02 Malmö, Sweden

关键词: Sweden;    Immigrants;    Diabetes type 2;    Sexual dysfunction;   

Others  :  1165621
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-0500-5-522

 received in 2011-11-15, accepted in 2012-09-20,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Few studies have investigated sexual dysfunction in immigrant patients with type 2 diabetes in Sweden. The aim of this study was to examine the association between ethnicity and sexual dysfunction and to analyze if this association remains after adjusting for explanatory variables including age, marital status, HbA1c, triglycerides, and hypertension. This cross-sectional study was conducted at four primary health care centers in the Swedish town of Södertälje. A total of 354 persons with type 2 diabetes (173 Assyrians/Syrians and 181 Swedish-born patients) participated in the survey. The main outcome measure was the self-reported presence of sexual dysfunction based on two questions, one regarding loss of ability to have sexual intercourse and the other loss of sexual desire. Response rates were 78% and 86%, respectively.

Findings

The total prevalence of loss of ability to have intercourse was 29.5%. In the multivariate models, the odds of loss of ability to have intercourse was significantly higher in the oldest age group (OR = 5.80; 95% CI, 2.33–14.40), in men (OR = 3.33; 95% CI, 1.33–8.30), and in unmarried individuals (OR = 2.40; 95% CI, 1.02–5.70). The odds of reporting loss of sexual desire was higher in Assyrians/Syrians than in Swedish-born patients and increased from 2.00 in the age- and gender-adjusted model to 2.70 in the fully adjusted model when all confounders were taken into account.

Conclusions

Sexual dysfunction appears to be more common in Assyrians/Syrians than in Swedish-born patients. Health care workers should actively ask about sexual function in their patients with type 2 diabetes.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Taloyan et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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