Yee, Anne and Loh, Huai Seng and Ng, Chong Guan and Sulaiman, Ahmad Hatim (2018) Sexual Desire in Opiate-Dependent Men Receiving Methadone-Assisted Treatment. American Journal of Men's Health, 12 (4). pp. 1016-1022. ISSN 1557-9883, DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988318759197.
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Low sexual desire (SD) is not life threatening, but its negative impact on the quality of life and intimacy of a relationship among the patients on methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) is significant. This cross-sectional study involved 183 men on MMT who were interviewed and who completed the Malay version of the SDI-2 (SDI-2-BM), the Malay version of the self-rated Montgomery–Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS–BM) and World Health Organization Quality of Life–BREF Scale (WHOQOL–BREF) questionnaires. Findings showed 32.8% (n = 60) participants had low SD. Those who were older, had sexual partners, and were smokers achieved lower scores in both dyadic SD (≤24) and solitary SD (≤6), and suffered lower quality of life in their social relationship. MMT is very cost-effective in rehabilitating opioid dependence; however, as clinicians, we need to address and manage the issues of low SD and depression among patients on MMT, especially the older men.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sexual dysfunction; sexual desire; methadone maintenance therapy; smoking; relationship |
| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Feb 2019 04:35 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Feb 2019 04:35 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/20284 |
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