ASSESSMENT OF PREVALENCE OF SEXUAL SIDE EFFECTS IN PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS RECEIVING PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT IN TERMS OF SEXUAL SATISFACTION-A PILOT STUDY

Sexual satisfaction is one of the major determinant of quality of life. Our main objective of this study is to assess the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in patients receiving Psychotropic drugs, to assess the category of psychiatric diseases more prone to sexual dysfunction and to assess class of psychotropic drugs produces sexual side effects frequently. The study is Open, naturalistic, cross sectional, observational for 6 months in a tertiary care teaching hospital. The data collection was done only once at a single point of time during the study. The data are collected by the use of standard validated questionnaire like DISF (Derogates Interview for Sexual function) male and female translated version duly permitted from the author. And the dates were statistically analysed and evaluated. Thus obtained results were promising for further studies. In male and female patients using psychotropic drugs a significantly higher incidence of sexual dysfunction was observed as ADR. In male and female patients using psychotropic drugs, the quality of life in terms of sexual function was significantly lower by comparing age, sex, marital status matched control group. Antidepressants showed significantly higher incidence of sexual dysfunction in both male and female psychiatry patients followed by antipsychotics and then anxiolytics.