Prevalencia y factores asociados a disfunción eréctil en pacientes atendidos en área de consulta externa del Hospital Básico Natalia Huerta de Niemes, Rocafuerte-Manabí, 2023

Abstract

Background: Erectile dysfunction (E.D.), considered as a repeated difficulty in maintaining an erection, is an increasingly common pathology in men, with serious repercussions not only on sexual life but also on quality of life.General objective: determine the prevalence and factors associated with erectile dysfunction in patients treated in the Outpatient Consultation Area of the Natalia Huerta de Niemes Basic Hospital, Rocafuerte, 2023.Methodology: observational, analytical, transversal. 196 men who met the inclusion criteria were surveyed. Non-probabilistic convenience sampling was applied. The information was collected through a questionnaire, for the detection of E.D., the erectile function index was applied. The information analysis was carried out using descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis, chi square, odds ratio, p value and 95% confidence interval. The information is presented by custom tables.Results: the prevalence of E.D. was 54.6% (95% CI: 47.34-61.7). 29.1% were categorized as mild and 17.3% as moderate. Age groups ≥55 years (OR: 7.36; 95% CI: 3.80-13.86; p˂0.01), with a history of arterial hypertension (OR: 2.61; 95% CI: 1.05 -4.49; p:0.03) and with depression (OR: 2.93; 95% CI: 1.62-5.29; p˂0.01) are identified as factors that presented a statistical association with E.D. Conclusions: more than half of the participants presented E.D., the majority were categorized as mild cases. The factors that were related to De were age groups over 55 years of age, history of high blood pressure and depression