Background and objective: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic
diseases involving the gastrointestinal system, including ulcerative colitis (UC)
and Crohn’s disease (CD). Studies have shown a relationship between inflammatory
bowel diseases and sexual dysfunction in men but it has been reported that this
is due to surgery or the patient’s psychological state. In our study, we aimed to
assess the impact of IBD on the sexual functioning of male patients who has no
previous pelvic surgery by evaluating the depression status of the patients.
Materials and methods: The 334 patients who were followed up in our
gastroenterology outpatient clinic between January 2021 and March 2021 were
included in the study and they were divided into 2 groups as with (n = 146) and
without IBD (n = 188). None of the patients had a history of pelvic surgery or
pelvic radiotherapy due to IBD or any other disease. The two groups were compared
in terms of demographic data, comorbidities, sexual function, depression status
and blood tests. International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) was used in the
evaluation of sexual functions, and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was used
in the evaluation of depression. Risk factors for erectile dysfunction (ED) were
determined.
Results: The mean Beck depression test scores of the two groups were
found to be similar (p = 0.361). ED was detected in 52.7% of patients
with IBD and 32.4% of patients without IBD (p
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Inflammatory bowel disease is an independent risk factor for male erectile dysfunction
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Department of Urology, Ankara City Hospital, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara City Hospital, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
J. Mens. Health 2022, 18(2), 33;
https://doi.org/10.31083/jomh.2021.095
Submitted: 14 May 2021 | Accepted: 5 July 2021 | Published: 9 February 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Erectile Dysfunction: State of the Art Treatments and Surgical Techniques)
Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract
Keywords
Erectile dysfunction
Depression
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Pelvic surgery