Table 4.
The Association Between the Questioning of Sexual Problems Based on Educational Background, Comorbidities, Age, Duration of Marriage, and Chronic Complications of Diabetes Mellitus Based on Gender
| Female | Male | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Has the Presence of Sexual Problem been Questioned? | |||||
| YES (n=17) | NO (n=270) | P (Female/Male) | YES (n=42) | NO (n=266) | |
| Educational Background | 0.069/0.148 | ||||
| Uneducated n (%) | 1 (5.9) | 58 (21.5) | 2(4,8) | 5 (3.8) | |
| Primary school n (%) | 9 (52.9) | 149 (55.2) | 16 (38.1) | 37 (28.0) | |
| Secondary school n (%) | 1 (5.9) | 30 (11.1) | 14 (33.3) | 28 (21.2) | |
| High school n (%) | 5 (29,4) | 26 (9.6) | 7 (16.7) | 31 (23.5) | |
| Postgraduate n (%) | 1 (5.9) | 7(2.6) | 3 (7.1) | 31 (23.5) | |
| Comorbidities | 0.071/0.694 | ||||
| No comorbidities n (%) | 5 (29.4) | 114 (42.2) | 17 (40.5) | 127 (47.7) | |
| CAD n (%) | 9 (52.9) | 82 (30.4) | 14 (33.3) | 80 (30.1) | |
| Malignancy n (%) | 1 (5.9) | 2 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 3 (1.1) | |
| Other diseases n (%) | 2 (11.8) | 71 (26.3) | 11 (26.2) | 56 (21.1) | |
| Age | 0.203/ 0.491 | ||||
| 18–30 age n (%) | 0 (0) | 7 (2.6) | 0 (0) | 8 (3) | |
| 31–50 age n (%) | 9 (52.9) | 88 (32.6) | 10 (23.8) | 68 (25.6) | |
| >50 age n (%) | 8 (47.1) | 175 (64.8) | 32 (76.2) | 190 (71.4) | |
| DURATION OF MARRIAGE | 0.686/ 0.308 | ||||
| 1–10 years n (%) | 1 (5.9) | 9 (3.3) | 0 (0) | 17 (6.4) | |
| 11–20 years n (%) | 3 (17.6) | 41 (15.2) | 5 (11.9) | 39 (14.7) | |
| 21–30 years n (%) | 8 (47.1) | 102 (37.8) | 17 (40.5) | 107 (40.2) | |
| >30 years n (%) | 5 (29.4) | 118 (43.7) | 20 (47.6) | 103 (38.7) | |
| DM COMPLICATIONS | 0.648/0.009 | ||||
| Nephropathy n (%) | 0(0) | 1(0.4) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4) | |
| Neuropathy n (%) | 3 (17.6) | 22 (8.1) | 0(0) | 5 (1.9) | |
| Retinopathy n (%) | 4 (23.5) | 35 (13.0) | 9(21.4) | 48 (18) | |
| Nephropathy+retinopathy n (%) | 0(0) | 8(3.0) | 3 (7.1) | 13 (4.9) | |
| Neuropathy+retinopathy n (%) | 2(11.8) | 39 (14.4) | 6 (14.3) | 27 (10.2) | |
| Neuropathy+retinopathy+nephropathy n (%) | 2 (11.8) | 34 (12.6) | 15 (35.7) | 40 (15.0) | |
| No complication | 6 (35.3) | 131 (48.5) | 9 (21.4) | 132 (49.6) | |
Abbreviations: CAD, coronary artery disease; DM, diabetes mellitus.