Predictive Factors for Male Sexual Dysfunction After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Status: Completed

Conditions: Male Sexual Dysfunction; Spinal Cord Injury

Treatments: Other: using questionnaires - International Index Erectile Function

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02860689

Spinal Cord 2016

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objective: To analyze the association between sexual function of men with spinal cord injury with possible predictive factors for dysfunction.

Full description

Method: Observational study (CAAE 41221414.5.0000.5208) conducted with 45 men, mean age 34 (CI 31.5 to 37.1), with spinal cord injury and active sex life. Sexual function was assessed by the International Index of Erectile Function and level and degree of injury were determined following the guidelines of the International Standards for Neurological and Functional Examination Classification of Spinal Cord Injury. Descriptive statistical techniques were applied and multivariate analysis using logistic regression adjusted to observe the association between factors, with 0.05 significance level.

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• clinical diagnosis of traumatic spinal cord injury, injury time less than six months heterosexual and sexually active

Exclusion criteria

• patients who had erectile dysfunction attributed to endocrine or metabolic disease order, those who underwent surgery in the genital area, such as radical prostatectomy or penile implant and cognitive impairment