Factors Associated with Sexual Dysfunction among Married Men in Aba Metropolis, Abia State

Abstract

This study investigated the factors associated with sexual dysfunction among married men in Aba metropolis, Abia State. Five objectives, five research questions and four hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The descriptive research design was adopted with a population of 473, 940 men in the four local government areas in Aba metropolis, Abia State with a sample size of 400 which was selected using the multi-stage sampling procedure. The instrument for data collection were sphygmomanometer, glucometer and adopted questionnaire from Rosen et al. (2002) with a reliability coefficient of 0.97. The retrieved copies of the questionnaire were coded and analyzed with the aid of SPSS using percentage, contingency value and chi-square at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed a high prevalence of sexual dysfunction (67.1%). Sexual dysfunction has a moderately significant relationship with age (c-value = 0.52, p<0.05), history of diabetes (c-value = 0.50, p<0.05), and diastolic blood pressure (c-value = 0.54, p<0.05). However, result showed no statistically significant relationship between sexual dysfunction and number of sexual partners (p>0.05). The study concluded that married men in Aba  metropolis are experiencing sexual dysfunction in varying degrees that require public health attention, with diabetes and hypertension as contributory factors. It was recommended among others that, the Government through its ministry of health should intensify community screening of men on early detection of diabetes and hypertension to minimize the impact of these health challenges on sexual functioning and sexual health of the citizens.