Prevalencia y factores de riesgo de prostatitis aguda en el Hospital “Vicente Corral Moscoso” periodo 2013-2014

Abstract

General Objective: To determine the prevalence and risk factors in men who were diagnosed with acute prostatitis at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital. Cuenca 2013- 2014. Method: Transversal prevalence research conducted in 116 patients diagnosed with acute prostatitis during the years 2013 and 2014 at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital. A form was used as a tool for data collection, in which we selected specific variables that are associated with the pathology of study. The data were tabulated with methods of analysis using Microsoft Excel and SPSS software. Results: of all patients diagnosed with prostatitis the average age was 55,36 years old; most of them being married 66,4%; from rural areas 56%, public employees 33,6%, mestizo ethnic 75,9%. The prevalence of risk factors was: urinary tract manipulation 12,1%; urethral stenosis 8,6%; phimosis 12,1%; urinary tract symptoms 30,2%; history of sexually transmitted diseases 12,9%; prostate growth 45,7% and no cases of unprotected intercourse were reported and intra prostate reflux either. Conclusions: Prostatitis is a common disease in urological consultation, mainly affecting patients of ages over 41, married, public service employee and mestizo ethnicity; also the risk factors have variable frequencies being the prostate growth the most common