Majör Depresif Bozukluk Tanılı Hastalarda Çocukluk Çağı Travmatik Yaşantılarının Cinsel İşlev Üzerine Etkisi

Abstract

Objective: Childhood traumatic experiences (CTE) have an important role in the etiology of many psychiatric disorders that occur in adulthood. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of CTE on sexual function in patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD). Material and Methods: 112 cases who were admitted to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Training and Research Hospital Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic consecutively and diagnosed with MDD according to DSM IV-R diagnostic criteria were included in the study. Sociodemographic Data Form, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, childhood trauma questionnaire, Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale were applied to all cases. Results: 86 (81.1%) of the participants were female and 20 (18.9%) were male. It was determined that 68.9% of the cases had a history of CTE, 56.6% emotional abuse, 37.7% physical abuse, 34% sexual abuse, 53.8% emotional neglect, and 44.3% physical neglect. No statistically significant difference was found between the level of depression and the presence of sexual problems, between the total and all subtypes of the CTE. However, unlike those without a history of CTE, in cases with an history of CTE, sexual problems increased as the level of depression increased. Conclusion: In our study, it was concluded that there was no significant relationship between CTE, all its sub-dimensions and the presence of sexual problems. However, in our study, there was a high level of CTE in patients with MDD and it is noteworthy that in patients with CTE, the level of sexual problems increases as the level of depression increases. © 2021 by Türkiye Klinikleri. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).