The Mediating Effect of Self Acceptance between Stigma and Depressive Symptoms in Patients with Erectile Dysfunction
Objective:To explore the mediating effect of self acceptance between stigma and depressive symptoms in patients with erectile dysfunction(ED).Method:A total of 76 patients with ED treated in Ganzhou People's Hospital from January to December 2022 were selected as the study objects according to convenience sampling method,80 healthy subjects were selected as the healthy group.The general information questionnaire,self acceptance questionnaire(SAQ),social impact scale(SIS)and patient health questionnaire-9(PHQ-9)were used to investigate and evaluate the degree of self acceptance,stigma and depressive symptoms of the subjects.Hierarchical regression method was used to analyze and examine the relationship and mediating effect between self acceptance,stigma and the degree of depressive symptoms.Result:The total score of SAQ,SIS and PHQ-9 in ED patients respectively was(37.04±6.50)scores,(56.04±6.56)scores and(8.53±2.98)scores.The total score of SAQ in ED group was significantly lower than those in healthy group,and the total score of SIS and PHQ-9 in ED group were significantly higher than those in healthy group,the differences were statistically significant(P＜0.05).Pearson test showed that the degree of self acceptance was negatively correlated with the degree of stigma and the severity of depressive symptoms in ED patients(P＜0.05),and the degree of stigma was positively correlated with the severity of depressive symptoms(P＜0.05).The mediating effect test showed that the self acceptance of ED patients played a partial mediating effect in the relationship between stigma and the severity of depressive symptoms,accounting for 14.95%of the total effect.Conclusion:The stigma of ED patients influences the severity of depressive symptoms through the mediating effect of self acceptance.
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