title: Female sexual dysfunction: A comparative study in drug naive 1(st) episode of depression in a general hospital of South Asia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Women's sexual dysfunction is found to be highly prevalent in western and Indian literature. Limited studies are available on drug naive depression in western literature and in Indian population.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence rate and symptom profile of female sexual dysfunctions in patients with untreated depression.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study in the psychiatry out-patient department of general hospital in South India.
  
  
  METHODS
  Following written informed consent female sexual functioning index (FSFI) and Arizona Sexual Experience Scale (ASEX) - female version and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD - 17 item) on 30 cases and 30 controls was administered. Sociodemographic data, pattern and type of sexual dysfunctions were enquired. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, contingency co-efficient analysis and stepwise multiple regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean score of HAMD 17 item in study group was 19.13. The study showed that female sexual dysfunction was 70.3% in study group compared to 43.3% in control FSFI scores above 16 in HAMD had dysfunction of 76% with FSFI in study group. With ASEX-F sexual dysfunction was 73.3% in study compared to 20% in control. Scores above 16 in HAMD had 80% of sexual dysfunction with ASEX-F in study group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study found that ASEX-F co-related better with HAMD 17 item. Following the onset of depression, the incidence of sexual dysfunction started at an early age in women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College and Hospital, JSS University, M. G. Road, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Payel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College and Hospital, JSS University, M. G. Road, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Shivananda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manohar
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College and Hospital, JSS University, M. G. Road, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raman
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College and Hospital, JSS University, M. G. Road, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Sathyanarayana Rao
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College and Hospital, JSS University, M. G. Road, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Darshan
keywords: FSFI; Female sexual dysfunction; drug naïve depression