Prevalence of Sexual Dysfunction Among Patient with Diabetic Mellitus Attending Follow up at Shishicho General Hospital, Ethiopia

Research Article

Austin Diabetes Res. 2024; 9(1): 1028.

Prevalence of Sexual Dysfunction Among Patient with Diabetic Mellitus Attending Follow up at Shishicho General Hospital, Ethiopia

Amanuel Fanta¹; Tamrat Legesse²; Selamawit Kebede¹

¹Department of Nursing Sciences, Hawassa College of Health Sciences, Ethiopia

²Dilla University College of Health Sciences, Ethiopia

*Corresponding author: Amanuel Fanta Department of Nursing Sciences, Hawassa College of Health Sciences, PO Box 84, Ethiopia. Tel: +251961457900 Email: amanuelfanta@gmail.com

Received: January 12, 2024 Accepted: February 15, 2024 Published: February 22, 2024

Abstract

Background: Sexual dysfunction is common among people with diabetes, particularly in older men who have had diabetes for years. Sexual dysfunction is one of the major and serious complications of diabetes. Male Sexual dysfunction is the major psychological problem in the world wide that can lead depression, isolation, loss of confidence and loss of self-esteem. The importance of this study is because the diabetes mellitus is a risk factor to developing Male sexual dysfunction.

Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of Male sexual dysfunction among patient with diabetes mellitus attending follow up at Shishicho General Hospital.

Methodology: A retrospective cross-sectional study will be conducted by reviewing medical cards of 159 and structured IEEF questionnaires among diabetic patients’ who are attending follow up at schishicho General Hospital from January 2019 to January 2020. Data is going to be collected by using structured data collection format, entered into Epi Info version 3.5.3 and analyzed by SPSS version 21 software for windows for descriptive statistics. The study will be presented with Tables and Figure.