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A factor not to be ignored in post‐COVID ‐19 erectile dysfunction; psychological effect, a prospective study
Author(s) -
Sevim Mehmet,
Alkis Okan,
Kartal İbrahim Güven,
Telli Serkan,
Aras Bekir
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
andrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1439-0272
pISSN - 0303-4569
DOI - 10.1111/and.14443
Subject(s) - erectile dysfunction , beck anxiety inventory , anxiety , beck depression inventory , depression (economics) , medicine , covid-19 , erectile function , disease , psychiatry , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , macroeconomics
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 ± 1.23, 27.69 ± 4.33, p < .01, respectively). Their Beck Depression Inventory scores were statistically significantly higher after COVID‐19 (1.69 ± 2.56, 2.22 ± 2.79, p < .01, respectively). Their Generalised Anxiety Disorder 7 scores were also statistically significantly higher after COVID‐19 (4.69 ± 1.63 6.56 ± 2.40, p < .01, respectively). A negative correlation was found between the increase in the Beck Depression Inventory score during the pandemic process and the decrease in the International Index of Erectile Function score ( r = −0.356, p = <.001). A negative correlation was also found between the increase in the Generalised Anxiety Disorder 7 score and the decrease in the International Index of Erectile Function score ( r = −0.200, p = .012). One of the main factors post‐COVID‐19 erectile dysfunction is anxiety and depression due to the disease.