Dr Shivakumar B K. AIMS.ACU.BG Nagara.

KKK
Broad Areas of Interest: Addiction psychiatry, psychosexual medicine

• Background: Sexual dysfunction affects 33–60% of women and 8–52% of men. It can be caused by both hypothyroidism
(underactive thyroid) and hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid).

• Need for the study: To investigate the associations between thyroid hormones and sexual dysfunction in Indian women and men.

• Propose: A systematic review of Indian studies on sexual dysfunctions in patients with thyroid disorders

• Draft search strategy: tw, kw, MeSH terms

• Databases: PUBMED, Embase, Cochrane

Population Intervention Comparison Outcomes
 Age 18 to 60yrs  Treatment for  With or without treatment  effects of hypo- and
 Indian population hypothyroid. for sexual dysfunctions hyperthyroidism on
 Hyper/hypothyroid (Thyroid supplement) sexual function.
disorder patients
• Treatment for
hyperthyroid

Co Authors: Dr Vinay H R., Dr Tejaswi Prithviraj H K., Dr Vaibhavi.P S., Dr Tejesh.V.H., Dr Karthik.