Association between Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Erectile Dysfunction / 대한비뇨기과학회지
Korean Journal of Urology
;
: 1023-1027, 2005.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The aim of this study was to assess whether there was an association between lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and erectile dysfunction (ED) in men. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
79 patients who had LUTS, between January 2002 and July 2004, were randomly retrospectively analyzed. LUTS and ED were assessed by validated symptom scales, including the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), the Danish Prostate Symptom Score1 (DAN-PSS1) and the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF). The patients were divided into three group according to age; younger than 60 (group I), 60 to 69 (group II), and 70 years or older (group III).RESULTS:
The mean age was 62.6+/-9.19 years. Prevalence rate of mild, moderate and severe LUTS were 12.9, 67.7 and 19.4% in group I, 8.3, 58.3 and 33.4% in group II, and 16.6, 54.2 and 29.2% in group III, respectively. The mean IIEF scores by IPSS according to the severity were 39.8, 38.4 and 28.7 in group I and 54.5, 39.8, and 24.3 in group II and 29.5, 16.5 and 15.6 in group III, retrospectively. In each group, the IIEF score decreased with increasing IPSS, LUTS was also shown to be statistically significantly correlated with the presence of ED (p=0.028). No statistical significance was found between the IPSS and DAN-PSS1 (p=0.740).CONCLUSIONS:
These results suggested that ED was highly prevalent among patients with LUTS, and erectile function should be evaluated in the patients with LUTS for the management of ED and to improve the quality of life of these patients.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Prostate
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Quality of Life
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Weights and Measures
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Prevalence
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Retrospective Studies
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Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
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Erectile Dysfunction
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Urology
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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