DYSFUNCTION OF SEXUAL ACTIVITIES AND OCCURRENCE OF DEPRESSION AMONG FEMALES HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS

Objective: The purpose of this research work was to assess the dysfunction of sexual activities, occurrence of depression and related factors among females under dialysis.

Methodology: This was a transverse research work and conducted in the Dialysis Unit of Mayo Hospital Lahore from March 2019 to April 2019. There were 23 female patients under dialysis were the part of this research work.

Results: The scores of the sexual function these dialysis patients in this research work were very low and majority of the patients suffered from moderate level of depression. The most frequent dysfunction was the issues in arousal and the rarest frequent complaint was the pain. The findings determined that with the increase in the extremity of the depression, there was a decrease in the mean scores of the sexual function, lubrication, sex satisfaction, arousal, orgasm and sum of total Female sexual function index (FSFI). Conclusions: There is high prevalence of the dysfunction in the sexual activities among females under dialysis. There is a strong association of this complication with the depression severity.

KEY WORDS: Severity, extremity,  index, occurrence, depression, dialysis, sexual, methodology.