ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND ASSOCIATED SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM ASTHMA
Objective: To determine the frequency of erectile dysfunction among the patients of asthma and analyze the associated socio demographic factors. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Medicine, Pak Emirates Military Hospital Rawalpindi, from Oct to Dec...
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| description | Objective: To determine the frequency of erectile dysfunction among the patients of asthma and analyze the associated socio demographic factors.
Study Design: Cross sectional study.
Place and Duration of Study: Department of Medicine, Pak Emirates Military Hospital Rawalpindi, from Oct to Dec 2018.
Methodology: One hundred and fifty seven patients of asthma diagnosed for more than one year by a consultant medical specialist or pulmonologist were included in the study. Erectile dysfunction was assessed by using the International Index of Erectile Function-5 (IIEF-5).
Results: Out of 157 patients of asthma, 74 (47.1%) had no erectile dysfunction, 50 (31.8%) had mild, 17 (10.8%) had mild to moderate, 11 (7.1%) had moderate and 5 (3.2%) had severe erectile dysfunction. Mean age of the study participants was 41.74 ± 3.16. Mean duration of asthma among the patients in this study was 5.98 ± 4.38 years. Poly-pharmacy and long duration of illness had significant association with erectile dysfunction (p-value<0.05).
Conclusion: There is a high frequency of erectile dysfunction among the patients suffering from asthma. Chronic illness when not under adequate control for a long time or is under control with poly pharmacy might give rise to problems which may be more troublesome than the primary illness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-55e3bb6fccfa4ab599e1a58ad1dfb5792022-12-21T20:46:50ZengArmy Medical College RawalpindiPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal0030-96482411-88422021-08-0171413040710.51253/pafmj.v71i4.29042904ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND ASSOCIATED SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM ASTHMAOmer Sultan0Muhammad Khalid1Muhammad Hammad Athar2Pak Emirates Military Hospital/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi PakistanPak Emirates Military Hospital/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi PakistanCombined Military Hospital Malir/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) PakistanObjective: To determine the frequency of erectile dysfunction among the patients of asthma and analyze the associated socio demographic factors. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Medicine, Pak Emirates Military Hospital Rawalpindi, from Oct to Dec 2018. Methodology: One hundred and fifty seven patients of asthma diagnosed for more than one year by a consultant medical specialist or pulmonologist were included in the study. Erectile dysfunction was assessed by using the International Index of Erectile Function-5 (IIEF-5). Results: Out of 157 patients of asthma, 74 (47.1%) had no erectile dysfunction, 50 (31.8%) had mild, 17 (10.8%) had mild to moderate, 11 (7.1%) had moderate and 5 (3.2%) had severe erectile dysfunction. Mean age of the study participants was 41.74 ± 3.16. Mean duration of asthma among the patients in this study was 5.98 ± 4.38 years. Poly-pharmacy and long duration of illness had significant association with erectile dysfunction (p-value<0.05). Conclusion: There is a high frequency of erectile dysfunction among the patients suffering from asthma. Chronic illness when not under adequate control for a long time or is under control with poly pharmacy might give rise to problems which may be more troublesome than the primary illness.https://pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/2904asthmaerectile dysfunctionsocio demographic factors |
| spellingShingle | Omer Sultan Muhammad Khalid Muhammad Hammad Athar ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND ASSOCIATED SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM ASTHMA Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal asthma erectile dysfunction socio demographic factors |
| title | ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND ASSOCIATED SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM ASTHMA |
| title_full | ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND ASSOCIATED SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM ASTHMA |
| title_fullStr | ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND ASSOCIATED SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM ASTHMA |
| title_full_unstemmed | ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND ASSOCIATED SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM ASTHMA |
| title_short | ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND ASSOCIATED SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM ASTHMA |
| title_sort | erectile dysfunction and associated socio demographic factors among patients suffering from asthma |
| topic | asthma erectile dysfunction socio demographic factors |
| url | https://pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/2904 |
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