Comparison of quality of life between vasectomised and non-vasectomised men in District of Kiarapedes Purwakarta Regency


PIKSI International Conference on Knowledge and Sciences,
November 18th-19th 2014 Sabuga of Institute Technology Bandung

International Proceeding

Indrayani1, Bony Wiem Lestari2, Herman Susanto3

1Postgraduate Study of Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran and Dewi Sartika Midwifery Academy;
2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics/Postgraduate Study of Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran;
3Professor of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology/ Health Research Unit - Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran

Abstract
Vasectomy is one of the Long-term Contraceptive Method. The low participation of men in family planning is influenced by many factors, such as a stigma in society regarding masculinity, scrotal pain after vasectomy, and impaired sexual function after vasectomy. Currently, research has not identified the quality of life of vasectomy acceptors. This study aimed to compare the physical health, mental health and sexual function between vasectomy acceptors with non vasectomy.
We used cross-sectional study to compare the differences in physical health, mental health and sexual function among vasectomy acceptors compared to non vasectomy. We collected the information from 59 subjects who met the inclusion criteria for each group. Sampling is done by simple random sampling technique. The research was conducted in the Kiarapedes District, Purwakarta in October 2012 using SF-36 and Male Sexual Health Questionnaire (MSHQ). The data were further analyzed using Mann-Whitney test and Spearman test.
The data showed that for physical health dimension for vasectomy acceptor the median score was 77 (16-90), and median score of 80 (37-86) among non vasectomy. There was no significant difference (p=0.324) about physical health among vasectomy acceptor and non vasectomy. We found for mental health dimension for vasectomy acceptor the median score was 77 (36-93) and median score of 73 (18-93) among non vasectomy. We found no significant difference (p=0.206) about mental health among vasectomy acceptor and non vasectomy. Meanwhile, the result of sexual function showed median score of 88(47-99) among vasectomy acceptor and median score of 78 (20-100) for non vasectomy. We revealed that there is a significant difference (p=0.013) on sexual function among vasectomy acceptor compared to non vasectomy. We concluded that there is significant difference on sexual function. However, there are no significant differences on physical health and mental health status.

Keywords: Vasectomy, physical health, mental health, sexual function

Cited:
Indrayani, Lestari, B. W. & Susanto, H. 2014. Comparison of quality of life between vasectomised and non-vasectomised men in District of Kiarapedes Purwakarta Regency. In: PIKSI International Conference on Knowledge and Sciences, November 18th-19th 2014 Sabuga of Institute Technology Bandung. PIKSI Ganesha, 1-11.


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