Abstract

FOLGAR CONTRERAS, María José; RAMOS RODRIGUEZ, Milagromaria  and  PASTRANA GONZALES, Keily Sarahi. ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN MALE GERIATRIC POPULATION WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN TEGUCIGALPA HONDURAS. Rev Cient Cienc Méd [online]. 2018, vol.21, n.1, pp.60-63. ISSN 2077-3323.

Introduction: Erectile Dysfunction is currently recognized as a multifactorial disease in which psychological, neurological, endocrine, vascular, traumatic, life-style, environmental and iatrogenic causes coexist. Although it is a benign disease, it affects both physical and psychosocial health, resulting in the affectation of the quality of life of those who suffer it. Objective: To determine the prevalence of erectile dysfunction in hypertensive male patients attending the outpatient clinic of the "Centro de Atención Integral del Adulto Mayor". Methodology: Across-sectional descriptive study was carried out, taking a sample of 210 individuals from a universe of 465, obtaining data from the application of two surveys to male and hypertensive patients in the months of October and November of the year 2013. Surveys Included general questions and the IIEF-5 International Erectile Dysfunction Index. Results: The sample showed that the prevalence of erectile dysfunction in hypertensive male patients attending the outpatient clinic of the Centro de Atención Integral del Adulto Mayor was 58%. Conclusions: In our male and hypertensive geriatric population attending the outpatient clinic of the Centro de Atencion Integral del Adulto Mayor, there is a high prevalence of erectile dysfunction, presenting more frequently in a range of advanced age due to concomitant diseases.

Keywords : Erectile dysfunction; Hypertension; Elderly.

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