Effect of chronic diseases on the sexual desire of Iraqi males
Other Title(s)
تأثير الأمراض المزمنة على الرغبة الجنسية للذكور العراقيين
Author
al-Tukmagi, Haydar Fakhri Hadi
Source
Iraqi Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Issue
Vol. 25, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.32-34, 3 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Pharmacy
Publication Date
2016-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Low sexual desire is a common problem.
There are many causes for such low sexual desire including psychological factors and physical illness (chronic diseases).
This study aimed to determine the effect of different chronic diseases on sexual desire of Iraqi males.
A cross sectional study in a questionnaire format was done for a randomized sample of 224 Iraqi male patients from December 2004 to November 2005 in 6 different Iraqi governorates.
Patients with chronic diseases were included in this study.
A questionnaire was prepared by the authors of this study and includes two parts: part one involve general questions about participant age, marriage duration, number of children and disease status.
Part two involves questions about the effect of chronic diseases on participant sexual desire, number of weekly sexual intercourses and whether the patient is using a treatment for his low sexual desire.
Diabetes mellitus was the most common (44.2%) chronic disease among participated patients.
More than 75% of patients with chronic diseases suffer from low sexual desire with a significantly higher percent (95%) for patients with cardiovascular diseases.
chronic diseases can lower sexual desire in young aged men; meanwhile cardiovascular diseases are the most dangerous chronic disease on sexual desire
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Tukmagi, Haydar Fakhri Hadi. 2016. Effect of chronic diseases on the sexual desire of Iraqi males. Iraqi Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences،Vol. 25, no. 2, pp.32-34.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-753190
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Tukmagi, Haydar Fakhri Hadi. Effect of chronic diseases on the sexual desire of Iraqi males. Iraqi Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Vol. 25, no. 2 (2016), pp.32-34.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-753190
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Tukmagi, Haydar Fakhri Hadi. Effect of chronic diseases on the sexual desire of Iraqi males. Iraqi Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2016. Vol. 25, no. 2, pp.32-34.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-753190
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 34
Record ID
BIM-753190