Male Sexual Dysfunction, Spinal Cord Injury
Conditions
Keywords
Sexuality, Spinal cord injuries, Complementary Therapies, Medicinal plants
Brief summary
Objectives: To know the main therapeutic strategies used by men with spinal cord injury in sexual dysfunctions.
Detailed description
Methods: This is a descriptive observational study involving 24 men with a mean age of 32.62 (CI 28.65 to 36.60), with spinal cord injury, recruited in reference services in spinal cord injury Recife (PE). The subjects underwent neurological evaluation in accordance with the guidelines of the International Standards for Neurological Examination and Functional classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI), the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA), assessment of sexual function through the Erectile Function of International Index (IIEF) and answered a semi-structured form to identify therapeutic strategies used in sexual function. To collect information about medicinal plants, a search was made in the surroundings of public markets located in the Metropolitan Region of Recife (PE).
Interventions
OTHERTherapeutic Strategies
Using questionnaires (Erectile Function of International Index and American Impairment Scale) and search in public markets using semi structured form
Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Study design
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* clinical diagnosis of traumatic spinal cord injury * injury time less than six months * heterosexual * 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 * cognitive impairment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Therapeutic Strategies | one day | Therapeutic Strategies assessed by semi structured form in public market |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| level of neurological lesion | one day | Level of neurological lesion assessed by ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS) according to the International Standards for Neurological and Functional Examination Classification of Spinal Cord Injury |
| Degree of lesion | one day | Degree of neurological lesion assessed by ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS) according to the International Standards for Neurological and Functional Examination Classification of Spinal Cord Injury |
| Male sexual dysfunction | one day | Male Sexual Dysfunction assessed by International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) |
Countries
Brazil
Outcome results
None listed