Abstract:

[Abstract] Objective  To better understand the knowledge, attitude, practice status of sexual dysfunction (SD) in medical staffs in field of reproductive health in Tianjin. Methods  Using random, stratified and clustered sampling approach, we selected 507 medical staffs in field of reproductive healthcare in Tianjin. Self-administered questionnaire on sexual dysfunction KAP was employed to survey the general condition, to understand SD knowledge and their attitude to SD, to perceive SD prevalence of the medical staffs and their demand to sexual dysfunction training. Results  The people who respond to our survey had high awareness to SD, but they are lack of knowlege in mechanism on sexual behavior and female SD related knowledge. Multiple-factor analysis indicated that young age group respondants（β=-0.827，P=0.018）and medical staffs from high-tier medical institutions (β=-0.223, P=0.048) showed higher awareness. When they suffered SD, 49.28% respondants would see doctor immediately, 36.85% informants chosen temporary observation, and 9.73% informants shown negative altitude. Minority (17.14%) of medical staff are able to confirmed SD to themselves and 90.48% of medical staff demand training on SD related knowledge. Conclusion  It’s necessary to perform continuing education to medical staffs via different intervention, so as to improve their cognitive level and attitude to SD, and these can help them providing better service to their patients and the public.

Key words: sexual dysfunction, reproductive health services, medical staff, health knowledge, attitudes, practice