Aims: assess the relationship between sexual function and depressive symptoms in individuals with spinal cord injury.
Method: Observational study of 44 men with spinal cord injury, age above 18 years, injury time more than six months, sexually active and accompanied in Recife referral hospitals. The degree of neurological impairment was assessed using the revised version in 2011 ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS), depressive symptoms were detected by the Beck Depression Inventory, and the evaluation of sexual function was obtained through the Erectile Function of International Index (IIEF). Descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis to assess the association were applied, with 0,05 significance level.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
44
using questionnaires International Index Erectile Function and Beck Depression Inventory.
depressive symptoms
Depressive symptoms assessed by Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Time frame: one day
Level of neurological lesion
Level of neurological lesion assessed by ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS) according to the International Standards for Neurological and Functional Examination Classification of Spinal Cord Injury
Time frame: one day
Degree of neurological lesion
Degree of neurological lesion assessed by ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS) according to the International Standards for Neurological and Functional Examination Classification of Spinal Cord Injury
Time frame: one day
Male Sexual Dysfunction
Male Sexual Dysfunction assessed by International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF)
Time frame: one day
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