Erectile dysfunction after COVID-19 infection: A cross-sectional study in a male sample from Brazil
| Autor: | Gabriel Marton Bressa, Vinicius Eduardo Lopes, Vinicius Buturi Machado, Cesar Alexsandro Arbigaus, Matheus Caires dos Santos, Ricardo Mendes Silveira, Bernardo Sobreiro, Thelma Skare, Renato Nisihara |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | ABCS Health Sciences (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2318-4965 2357-8114 |
| DOI: | 10.7322/abcshs.2023006.2261 |
| Popis: | Introduction: COVID-19 infection may cause erectile dysfunction due to local viral infection and impairing mental health. Objective: To analyze the erectile function in Brazilian sample patients during pandemics with and without COVID-19 infection and compare with results from a sample obtained before the pandemic. Methods: Internet survey with epidemiologic questions, data on COVID-19 infection, and the International Index for Erectile Function (IIEF). Patients were divided into those with and without infections. A control group with results obtained before the pandemic was also included. Results: Four hundred twenty-two males were studied 210 with data obtained before the pandemic; 208 with data obtained during the pandemic (84 with COVID-19 infection and 124 without). Patients with COVID-19 infection had worse results of IIEF than those without (in the pandemics and before pandemics) with p=0.01 and used more sexual stimulants (p=0.02). The results were worse in the first month after the infection. Conclusion: Patients with COVID-19 infection had impairment in erectile function that is more severe in the first month after infection. |
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