Posttraumatic stress disorder and the risk of erectile dysfunction: a nationwide cohort study in Taiwan : PTSD and erectile dysfunction.
Ann Gen Psychiatry
; 20(1): 48, 2021 Sep 28.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
This study aimed to investigate the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and the risk of developing erectile dysfunction.METHODS:
In this population-based retrospective cohort study, we used Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database to analyze patients who were newly diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) between 2000 and 2013, with a 13 ratio by age and index year matched with patients in a non-PTSD comparison group, for the risk of erectile dysfunction.RESULTS:
In total, 5 out of 1079 patients in the PTSD group developed erectile dysfunction, and 3 out of 3237 patients in the non-PTSD group (47.58 vs. 9.03 per 100,000 per person-year) developed erectile dysfunction. The Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that the PTSD cohort had a significantly higher risk of erectile dysfunction (log-rank, p < 0.001). The Cox regression analysis revealed that the study subjects were more likely to develop an injury (hazard ratio 12.898, 95% confidence intervals = 2.453-67.811, p = 0.003) after adjusting for age, monthly income, urbanization level, geographic region, and comorbidities. Psychotropic medications used by the patients with PTSD were not associated with the risk of erectile dysfunction.CONCLUSIONS:
Patients who suffered from PTSD had a higher risk of developing erectile dysfunction.
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En
Revista:
Ann Gen Psychiatry
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article
País de afiliação:
Taiwan