ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG FEMALE PATIENTS WITH DEPRESSIVE EPISODES AND HYPOACTIVE SEXUAL DESIRE IN BACH MAI HOSPITAL

Thị Hoài Lê1,2,3,, Thị Phương Mai Nguyễn2, Văn Tuấn Nguyễn1,2
1 HMU
2 National Institute of Mental Health
3 Hai Duong Provincial Psychiatric Hospital

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Background: Hypoactive sexual desire is a common symptom in female patients with depressive episodes, related to many different pathophysiological and social factors. Objectives: To analyse some factors related to hypoactive sexual desire in female patients with depression. Subjects and research methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study of 151 female patients with depressive episodes who were treated inpatient and outpatient at Bach Mai Hospital from August 2022 to May 2023, univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis to identify a number of related factors. Results: The rate of hypoactive sexual drive in female patients with depression was 71.5%. The severity of depression increased the risk of hypoactive sexual drive by 12,486 times compared with the group of mild to moderate depression (p=0.006, 95%CI: 2.062 – 75.618). Menopausal or pre-menopausal patients have the ability to hypoactive sexual drive 8,263 times higher than non-menopausal patients (p<0.001, 95%CI: 2.792 – 24,458). The age group over 40 has a risk of hypoactive sexual drive 2,858 times higher than the age group 40 and younger (p=0.015, 95%CI: 1,228 – 6.651). In addition, the stress factor and the duration of the disease are also associated with hypoactive sexual drive in female patients with a depressive episode with statistical significance with p<0.001. There was no association between hypoactive sexual drive and education level (p=0.622), marital status (p=0.193), physical disease (p=0.495), number of children (p=0.790), million psychosis (p=0.413), suicidal ideation, behavior (p=0.497), history of medication use (p=0.612) or subject of treatment (p=0.302). Conclusion: Hypoactive sexual desire was popular in female patients with depression and was related to age, menopausal status, stress factors, depression level and duration of illness.

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