Online ISSN: 2515-8260

Assessment of sexual dysfunction among COVID-19 recovered patients in rural population of Marathwada region of Maharashtra

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1Prakash Ambekar, 2Sadeq Qureshi, 3Tejas Hankare, 4Purushottam Giri

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Introduction: COVID-19 infection is expected to be associated with an increased likelihood of sexual dysfunction in males and females in both rural and urban population. Considering high transmission rate of COVID-19, sexual dysfunction can be a concern for the population. Objective: To assess the sexual dysfunction in COVID-19 recovered patients. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out among 120 patients to assess the sexual dysfunction in COVID-19 recovered patients in IIMSR Medical College and Noor Hospital, Badnapur Dist. Jalna, Maharashtra during the period of January to June 2021.Patients recovered from COVID-19 was contacted after 2 months of recovery. Participants were contacted on telephone for questioning and Sexual Dysfunction Questionnaire (SDQ) was filled as per information provided by the participants. The collected data was entered in Microsoft excel sheet and analyzed by using appropriate statistical tests whenever necessary

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