Psycho-sexological impact(s) of syphilis among infected persons
Purpose: Syphilis bears the image of a major sexually transmitted disease. No study has yet explored this psycho-sexological impact. Methods: 43 patients, with syphilis had to perform a semi-structured interview to collect detailed qualitative data concerning the way they experienced their syphil...
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Esmail Shirdel Havar
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| author | Mylene Bolmont Penelope Bornhauser Juliette Cloppet Mouchet Melanie Michaud Laurence Toutous Trellu |
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| description | Purpose: Syphilis bears the image of a major sexually transmitted disease. No study has yet explored this psycho-sexological impact.
Methods: 43 patients, with syphilis had to perform a semi-structured interview to collect detailed qualitative data concerning the way they experienced their syphilitic infection psychologically and sexologically.
Results: Regarding the psychological repercussions, observations revealed that 10/43 (23.26%) of the patients reported a long-term impact while 3/43 (6.98%) of patients reported a short-term impact (time between diagnosis and end of treatment) of syphilis on mental health, and especially feeling of anxiety. Concerning the sexological repercussions, results showed that 15/43 (34.88%) of the patients reported a long-term impact while 5/46 (11.63%) of patients reported a short-term impact of syphilis on sexual life: lack of sexual desire, loss of confidence in the current and/or future sexual partners. We also noted long-term changes in sexual practices (safer sex, abstinence) for 20/43 (55.81%) of the patients and short-term changes for 4/43 (9.30%) of patients.
Conclusions: Psycho-sexual issues of infected patients should be taken in account during their care, to avoid additional distress linked to the disease. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c640264128a74abe90cf3190e8270db02025-01-26T20:57:38ZengEsmail Shirdel HavarJournal of Sexual Health Psychology2821-15102024-08-013111310.61186/shp.2024.709468Psycho-sexological impact(s) of syphilis among infected personsMylene Bolmont0Penelope Bornhauser1Juliette Cloppet Mouchet 2Melanie Michaud 3Laurence Toutous Trellu 4 Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, SwitzerlandFaculty of Psychology, University of Geneva, Geneva, SwitzerlandVenereology consultation, Dermatology and Venereology division, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, SwitzerlandVenereology consultation, Dermatology and Venereology division, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, SwitzerlandVenereology consultation, Dermatology and Venereology division, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, SwitzerlandPurpose: Syphilis bears the image of a major sexually transmitted disease. No study has yet explored this psycho-sexological impact. Methods: 43 patients, with syphilis had to perform a semi-structured interview to collect detailed qualitative data concerning the way they experienced their syphilitic infection psychologically and sexologically. Results: Regarding the psychological repercussions, observations revealed that 10/43 (23.26%) of the patients reported a long-term impact while 3/43 (6.98%) of patients reported a short-term impact (time between diagnosis and end of treatment) of syphilis on mental health, and especially feeling of anxiety. Concerning the sexological repercussions, results showed that 15/43 (34.88%) of the patients reported a long-term impact while 5/46 (11.63%) of patients reported a short-term impact of syphilis on sexual life: lack of sexual desire, loss of confidence in the current and/or future sexual partners. We also noted long-term changes in sexual practices (safer sex, abstinence) for 20/43 (55.81%) of the patients and short-term changes for 4/43 (9.30%) of patients. Conclusions: Psycho-sexual issues of infected patients should be taken in account during their care, to avoid additional distress linked to the disease.https://www.journalshp.com/article_709468.htmlmental healthsexual medicinesyphilistransmitted sexual infections |
| spellingShingle | Mylene Bolmont Penelope Bornhauser Juliette Cloppet Mouchet Melanie Michaud Laurence Toutous Trellu Psycho-sexological impact(s) of syphilis among infected persons Journal of Sexual Health Psychology mental health sexual medicine syphilis transmitted sexual infections |
| title | Psycho-sexological impact(s) of syphilis among infected persons |
| title_full | Psycho-sexological impact(s) of syphilis among infected persons |
| title_fullStr | Psycho-sexological impact(s) of syphilis among infected persons |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psycho-sexological impact(s) of syphilis among infected persons |
| title_short | Psycho-sexological impact(s) of syphilis among infected persons |
| title_sort | psycho sexological impact s of syphilis among infected persons |
| topic | mental health sexual medicine syphilis transmitted sexual infections |
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