A factor not to be ignored in post-COVID-19 erectile dysfunction; psychological effect, a prospective study.

ABSTRACT: It was aimed to show the effect of anxiety and depression on erectile dysfunction seen after coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Between March and July 2021, the participants completed the International Index of Erectile Function, Beck Depression Inventory and Generalised Anxiety Disorder 7 forms at the beginning and after the 1st month of the disease. We investigated the psychological impact of COVID-19 on the development of erectile dysfunction. The mean age of 156 male patients in the study was 54.74 ± 8.01 years. It was determined that the mean International Index of Erectile Function scores of the patients before COVID-19 were 73.42 ± 3.43 and decreased to 68.28 ± 12.86 after COVID-19 (p < .01). The patients' erectile function scores were significantly lower after COVID-19 (29.45 ± 1

SUBMITTER: Sevim M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9111346 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature