Stationäre Krankenhausbehandlungen ausgewählter sexueller Störungen
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Patients with the ICD-10 sexual disorders F52, F64, F65, and F66 are treated by a variety of medical disciplines. Until now, there has been a paucity of data regarding which sexual disorders are treated by means of in-patient hospital care and whether changes have occurred over time.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to examine how many patients with sexual disorders that are classified by ICD-10 chapter V (F) as "mental" are treated as in-patients.
METHODS: Diagnosis data regarding German hospital care, which have been published annually since 2000 by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), are analysed.
RESULTS: Since 2000, the number of in-patients with disorders of gender identity (F64) has increased 2.6-fold. Hospital treatment of sexual dysfunctions (F52) as a primary diagnosis is decreasing, whereas a significantly higher number of in-patients are treated with F52 as a secondary diagnosis. In-patients with F64 are mostly treated in urology and gynaecology departments or by surgeons, and 76.0-81.1% of F52 cases in urology. In-patients with paraphilic disorders (F65) or psychological and behavioral disorders associated with sexual development and orientation (F66) are rarely but almost exclusively treated in psychiatric or psychotherapeutic departments.
DISCUSSION: The data indicate that most in-patient hospital treatment for primary diagnoses of sexual disorders are somatic treatments for erectile dysfunction (F52.2) and transsexualism (F64.0). Owing to a steady increase in cases with F64.0 diagnoses, a growth in demand for competence in sexual medicine can be noted, especially in the surgical disciplines. Causes of the distribution and the increase in in-patient numbers are discussed. Further research is required, particularly concerning the treatment of in-patients with F52 and F64 secondary diagnoses.
Bibliographical data
Translated title of the contribution | In-patient hospital care of selected sexual disorders: An analysis of data from the German Federal Statistical Office from 2000 to 2014 |
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Original language | German |
ISSN | 1436-9990 |
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Publication status | Published - 09.2017 |
PubMed | 28762121 |
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