Investigation of Sexual Dysfunction, Quality of Life, and Depression Variables in Turkish Hemodialysis Patients and Their Comparison Between Gender

Abstract

The aim of the study was to measure quality of life, depression and sexual function in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis treatment and to assess gender differences in these three variables. The sample consisted of 84 volunteer Turkish dialysis patients who had been on hemodialysis for at least 6 months. The results showed that 51.2% of the participants were currently experiencing sexual dysfunction. Sexual dysfunction was more common in women (66.7%) than in men (41.2%). We found that women had statistically lower quality of life scores than men (p = 0.02 < 0.05).

Acknowledgements

The research group would like to thank all patients undergoing hemodialysis for their support of the study.

Ethical approval

Ethical approval was obtained with the permission letter 2019/07-22 from the Maltepe University Ethics Committee. Informed consent was obtained from the patients whose data would be collected in the study.

Disclosure statement

The authors report that they have no competing interests to declare.

Data availability

The data supporting the results of this study are available on request from the corresponding author [Öİ]. The data are not publicly available because they contain information that could compromise the privacy of the study participants.

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Funding

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