An epidemiological study of XXXX in south Indian rural population.

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BACKGROUND: Sexuality is an important aspect of the personality of an individual and influences psychological, physical and social well-being of both @entity1 and @entity1 . It is a paradox, that in the country where 'kamasutra' (by Vatsyayana) took birth, there is a lack of research publications and sexuality related literature; hence the current study was conducted, to estimate the prevalence and association of @entity250 with various socio-demographic variables, in the selected rural population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Subjects who were sexually active and fulfilled the study criteria were administered Arizona Sexual Experience Scale as screening tool for the presence of sexual problems. Those who were found to be having sexual problems were interviewed further using appropriate questionnaires. RESULTS: 21.15% of the male subjects were diagnosed to have one (or more) @entity250 . Prevalence of @entity323 was found to be 15.77%, male @entity458 ( @entity458 ) 2.56%; @entity2754 was found to be prevalent in 8.76% of the male subjects. Around 14% of the female subjects were diagnosed to have female @entity250 . Prevalence of female arousal dysfunction was found to be 6.65%, female @entity458 8.87%, female anorgasmia 5.67%, female @entity546 2.34% and female @entity458 was found to be prevalent in 0.37% of the female subjects. CONCLUSION: This study concluded that one in five males and one in seven females were suffering from one (or more) @entity250 . Improving the training of undergraduate medical and nursing students in sexuality related issues, increasing trained individuals in sexual medicine by starting new courses, providing sex education to the general population using media and merging sexual health care with primary care, are likely to play a significant role in addressing the increasing sexual health morbidity.
