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    Frecuencia y características de disfunción eréctil en pacientes varones adultos con diagnóstico de diabetes mellitus tipo 2, durante un periodo de 6 meses en el año 2016. Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso
    (2017) Castro Neira, Alejandro Virgilio; Sarmiento Pesántez, Pablo Andrés; Jiménez Encalada, Marcia Gabriela; Roldán Fernández, José Vicente
    BACKGROUND: diabetes mellitus is a health problem that increases its incidence and prevalence worldwide, erectile dysfunction being one of the most important microvascular and neurological consequences OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency and characteristics of erectile dysfunction in adult male patients diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes mellitus at Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital during a period of 6 months in 2016. METHODS: a descriptive quantitative, study was performed in adult male patients with a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes mellitus who were evaluated at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital for a period of 6 months in 2016. RESULTS: this study showed that there is a very high prevalence of erectile dysfunction (93.9%) in thepopulation. With increasing age, erectile dysfunction increases. Those with university education showed higher percentages of non-dysfunction. As longer as you have Type 2 diabetes mellitus, greater wasthe erectile dysfunction. Cases with moderate or severe erectile dysfunction are more common. CONCLUSIONS: The frequency of erectile dysfunction in diabetic patients at Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital is high. Age, low schooling, time to progress of diabetes, poor glycemic control and association of hypertension are related to severe degrees of erectile dysfunction.