Hotline Service on Sexuality Issues at Call Centre for Life Quality Enhancement, Chulalongkorn University

Abstract

The hotline service on sexuality issues at Call Centre for Life Quality Enhancement, Chulalongkorn University during January - December 2003 included 1,639 calls, from male 85.4% and female 14.6%, aged 15-66 years with the average of 29.8±9.2 years. The marital status were single, married and widow/divorce 42.2, 54.2 and 3.6% respectively. The types of problem covered 12 categories as anatomy and physiology of male genital organs, anatomy and physiology of female genital organs, sexual behaviour, sexual intercourse, mental health, pregnancy and contraception. Sexual behaviour and sexual intercourse were mostly counselling topics, in addition, male problems involved erectile disorder, phone sex and sex transmitted diseases (16.2, 14.6 and 5.3% respectively) and female problems involved Call Centre services information, erectile disorder, and sex transmitted diseases (13.4, 11.3 and 7.9% respectively). The problem issues among various ages were not different, however, male youth (15- 19 years) questioned about the anatomy of male genital organs more than another aged groups.