Sexual functioning in war veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Croatian Medical Journal
Vesna Anticević, Dolores Britvić

Abstract

To assess the sexual dysfunction among Croatian war veterans with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study included two groups--101 war veterans with PTSD and 55 healthy control volunteers receiving outpatient general health care in several outpatient clinics in Split. tructured interviews on different aspects of sexual functioning were conducted from April to October 2007 by trained interviewers. Respondents with PTSD reported significantly less sexual activity during the previous month than controls (sexual fantasies 2.5+/-1.6 vs 3.7+/-1.7, P<0.001; foreplay 2.4+/-1.6 vs 3.5+/-1.6, P<0.001; oral sex 1.6+/-1.2 vs 2.6+/-1.5, P<0.001; and sexual intercourse 2.4+/-1.6 vs 3.8+/-1.5, P<0.001) on a 7-point Likert type scale (from 1--not a single time to 7--more times a day). As reasons for reduced sexual activities, respondents with PTSD more frequently than controls reported their own health problems (3.2+/-1.2 vs 1.5+/-0.8; P<0.001) or health problems of their partner (2.4+/-1.1 vs 1.9+/-1.1; P=0.004), whereas controls more frequently reported overwork than respondents with PTSD (2.6+/-1.1 vs 2.1+/-1.0; P=0.007) on a 5-point Likert type scale (from 1--not a single time to 5--always). Respondents with PTSD rep...Continue Reading

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