SFEBES2016 Poster Presentations Diabetes and Cardiovascular (30 abstracts)
Erectile dysfunction among male type 2 diabetics in a South Western Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
Christiana Omotola Ayandele 1, , Chinedu Anizor 1, , Funmilayo A. Owolabi 1 , Olaoluwatomi T. Yusuff 1 , John Kehinde Ajiboye 1 , Okechukwu O. Ezekpo 1 , Oluwadamilola O. Olusile 1 , Adedeji O. Junaid 1 , Amina Lawal- Bello 1 , Olubukola Ala 1 , Bukunmi Soyoye 1 , Babatope A. Kolawole 1 & Rosemary T. Ikem 1
1Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria; 2Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, Delta State, Nigeria.
Background: Diabetes is associated with multi-systemic complications. In male patients with diabetes, erectile dysfunction may be a worrisome condition and may result as an effect of diabetic complications, associated conditions such as hypertension and from the effects of drugs especially antihypertensives. Erectile dysfunction is increasingly being reported among diabetics with a resultant poor quality of life. This study seeks to determine the prevalence of erectile dysfunction and its associated sociodemographic and clinical correlates among patients with type 2 diabetes.
Method: This is a cross-sectional study involving 70 adult male participants with type 2 DM who were recruited from a diabetes clinic of a tertiary hospital in South-West Nigeria. Relevant history was obtained. Erectile dysfunction was assessed using the International Index of Erectile function-15 questionnaires. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS 22; P value of <0.05 was taken as significant.
Results: Mean age of the study subjects was 62.6±9.9 years and mean duration of diabetes was 7.3±6.4 years; 94.3% of the study subjects had erectile dysfunction of varying degrees. Moderate to severe ED was found in 47.9% of the study subjects; 66.7% of hypertensive diabetics had ED compared to 33.3% of non-hypertensives. All patients with poor glycaemic control had various degrees of erectile dysfunction with 33% of them having severe ED while 5.9% of subjects with good glycaemic control had no ED.
Conclusion: This study showed a high prevalence of erectile dysfunction among male patients with type 2 diabetes and is especially prevalent among patients also having hypertension.
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