PMID- 34601534
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211005
LR  - 20211005
IS  - 1999-6217 (Electronic)
IS  - 1727-5482 (Linking)
VI  - 19
IP  - 2
DP  - 2021 Sep 6
TI  - Association Between Erectile Dysfunction and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
PG  - 378-383
LID - 10.33314/jnhrc.v19i2.3394 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Erectile dysfunction is a distressing complication of diabetes among 
      male patients. Despite being a serious concern affecting sexual health, the issue 
      regarding sexual dysfunction is seldom discussed by patients with physicians in 
      developing countries. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of Erectile 
      dysfunction and its association with other risk factors among type 2 Diabetic 
      males attending the tertiary care hospital in Nepal. METHODS: A cross-sectional 
      hospital-based study was carried out in the Diabetes Out Patient Department of 
      Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. 160 male patients with 
      a history of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) meeting the inclusion criteria were 
      enrolled in the study with informed consent. A validated questionnaire; an 
      abridge 5 item version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF 5) 
      was used to assess the erectile function where the score below 22 was considered 
      as having erectile dysfunction. The severity of erectile dysfunction was 
      categorized based on IIEF 5 score. RESULTS: The prevalence of erectile 
      dysfunction with varying degrees of severity was found to be 76.87% among T2DM 
      male patients. There was a significant negative correlation of the IIEF5 Score 
      with the duration of T2DM burden (r= -0.416, p<0.05) and the level of HbA1c (r= 
      -0.391, p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: There was a higher prevalence of erectile 
      dysfunction among T2DM male patients that were also associated with poor glycemic 
      control and the duration of T2DM burden.
FAU - Tamrakar, Dipesh
AU  - Tamrakar D
AD  - Department of Biochemistry, Banepa Diagnostic Laboratory and Research Centre, 
      Banepa, Nepal.
FAU - Bhatt, Dinesh Singh
AU  - Bhatt DS
AD  - Pathology, Armed Police Force Hospital, Satungal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
FAU - Sharma, Vijay Kumar
AU  - Sharma VK
AD  - Department of Biochemistry, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, 
      Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal.
FAU - Poudyal, Amod Kumar
AU  - Poudyal AK
AD  - Central Department of Public Health, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, 
      Kathmandu, Nepal.
FAU - Yadav, Binod Kumar
AU  - Yadav BK
AD  - Department of Biochemistry, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, 
      Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210906
PL  - Nepal
TA  - J Nepal Health Res Counc
JT  - Journal of Nepal Health Research Council
JID - 101292936
SB  - IM
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications/epidemiology
MH  - *Erectile Dysfunction/epidemiology/etiology
MH  - Hospitals, Teaching
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Nepal/epidemiology
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Erectile dysfunction; international index of erectile function; type 2 diabetes 
      mellitus.
EDAT- 2021/10/04 06:00
MHDA- 2021/10/06 06:00
CRDT- 2021/10/03 21:03
PHST- 2021/02/09 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/09/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/10/03 21:03 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/10/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/10/06 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.33314/jnhrc.v19i2.3394 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - J Nepal Health Res Counc. 2021 Sep 6;19(2):378-383. doi: 
      10.33314/jnhrc.v19i2.3394.