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Sexual functioning in chronic kidney disease: The association with depression and anxiety
Author(s) -
Theofilou Paraskevi A.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
hemodialysis international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.658
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1542-4758
pISSN - 1492-7535
DOI - 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2011.00585.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , depression (economics) , sexual dysfunction , hemodialysis , kidney disease , psychiatry , clinical psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Sexual functioning is composed of both physiological and psychological factors among patients with chronic kidney disease ( CKD ). However, the role of depression and anxiety has not yet been studied extensively. This study aimed to investigate the relation of depressive and anxiety symptoms to sexual functioning among hemodialysis ( HD ) and peritoneal dialysis patients. A sample of 144 patients was recruited from three general hospitals in the broader area of Athens, consisting of 84 patients undergoing in‐center HD and 60 patients in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Measurements were conducted with the following instruments: the W orld H ealth O rganization Q uality of Life instrument, the G eneral H ealth Q uestionnaire ( GHQ ‐28), the S tate‐ T rait A nxiety I nνentory ( STAI 1/ STAI 2), and the C enter for E pidemiologic S tudies D epression S cale. The results indicated that satisfaction about sexual life had negative association with all the subscales of GHQ ‐28 questionnaire (somatic symptoms, anxiety/insomnia, social dysfunction, severe depression). Sexual functioning was also related negatively to depression as well as state and trait anxieties. Findings provide evidence that the presence of depressive and anxiety symptoms relates significantly to the negative evaluation of sexual functioning in patients with CKD .