TY - JOUR AU - Sultan, Omer AU - Khalid, Muhammad AU - Athar, Muhammad Hammad PY - 2021/08/26 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND ASSOCIATED SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM ASTHMA JF - Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal JA - PAFMJ VL - 71 IS - 4 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.51253/pafmj.v71i4.2904 UR - https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/2904 SP - 1304-07 AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To determine the frequency of erectile dysfunction among the patients of asthma and analyze the associated socio demographic factors.</p><p><strong>Study Design:</strong> Cross sectional study.</p><p><strong>Place and Duration of Study:</strong> Department of Medicine, Pak Emirates Military Hospital Rawalpindi, from Oct to Dec 2018.</p><p><strong>Methodology:</strong> One hundred and fifty seven patients of asthma diagnosed for more than one year by a consultant medical specialist or pulmonologist were included in the study. Erectile dysfunction was assessed by using the International Index of Erectile Function-5 (IIEF-5).</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> Out of 157 patients of asthma, 74 (47.1%) had no erectile dysfunction, 50 (31.8%) had mild, 17 (10.8%) had mild to moderate, 11 (7.1%) had moderate and 5 (3.2%) had severe erectile dysfunction. Mean age of the study participants was 41.74 ± 3.16. Mean duration of asthma among the patients in this study was 5.98 ± 4.38 years. Poly-pharmacy and long duration of illness had significant association with erectile dysfunction (p-value&lt;0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> There is a high frequency of erectile dysfunction among the patients suffering from asthma. Chronic illness when not under adequate control for a long time or is under control with poly pharmacy might give rise to problems which may be more troublesome than the primary illness.</p> ER -