Phenomenology,disability and sexual functioning in female Dhat syndrome:a study of tertiary care gynaecology outpatients

作     者：Shubha Joshi Adarsh Tripathi Smriti Agarwal Nisha Singh Bandna Gupta Anil Nischal Sujita Kumar Kar Shubha Joshi;Adarsh Tripathi;Smriti Agarwal;Nisha Singh;Bandna Gupta;Anil Nischal;Sujita Kumar Kar

作者机构：Department of Geriatric Mental HealthKing George's Medical UniversityLucknowUttar PradeshIndia Department of PsychiatryKing George's Medical UniversityLucknowUttar PradeshIndia Department of Gynaecology and ObstetricsKing George's Medical UniversityLucknowUttar PradeshIndia 

出 版 物：《General Psychiatry》 (综合精神医学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2022年第35卷第5期

页      面：328-337页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100205[医学-精神病与精神卫生学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：female sexual details 

摘      要：Background Dhat syndrome,a clinical condition related to semen loss in urine often found among males in India,has rarely been described as a separate clinical condition in *** with the syndrome complain of passing vaginal discharge and can be excessively concerned and preoccupied with it,often attributing various physical symptoms to the loss of vaginal *** This study aimed to assess the sociodemographic and clinical profiles of female patients with Dhat syndrome and their perceived stress,disability and sexual *** Sociodemographic details of 70 females with non-pathological vaginal discharge were evaluated with a semistructured sociodemographic *** phenomenology of the vaginal discharge was assessed with the Scale for Assessment of Female Dhat Syndrome *** and depressive symptoms were measured with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression *** stress in the past month and disability caused by the illness were assessed with the Perceived Stress Scale and the World Health Organization Disability Assessment *** addition,the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,Fifth Edition,Level 2 Somatic Symptoms Scale was administered to rate the severity of somatic symptoms,and sexual functioning was evaluated using the Female Sexual Function Index(FSFI)scale for women who had had sexual intercourse in the past *** The mean age of onset vaginal discharge was 23.0(6.6)*** factors,such as urinary tract infection,were the commonly attributed cause of the loss of vaginal *** comorbidity and perceived moderate stress in the past month were found in 38.6%and 68.6%of female patients with Dhat syndrome,*** scores tended to be *** the females having had sexual intercourse in the past month,48.3%had FSFI scores indicative of a female sexual *** The clinical presentation of women with non-pathological vaginal discharge is