The data was obtained through the application of two instruments after having obtained the signed informed consent of each patient. Men without arterial hypertension were excluded. For this reason it is intended through this, to demonstrate the need to handle the disease comprehensively and considering the increase in the cases of it, suggest creating preventive measures.Ī cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted, taking a sample of 210 men from a population of 465 male and hypertensive patients who attended the Center for Integral Care of the Elderly (CAIAM) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in the months of October and November 2013 the inclusion criteria were male patients diagnosed with hypertension and treated at the Integral Care Center for the Elderly (CAIAM), aged between 60 and 90 years and signed informed consent. Although it is true, it is concomitant of some physiological and psychic changes of old age. In this study, the prevalence of erectile dysfunction in its different degrees was determined in hypertensive male patients who attended the outpatient clinic of the Integral Care Center for the Elderly, evidencing other diseases that coexist with erectile dysfunction which has traditionally been classified as a phenomenon resulting from age. Since arterial hypertension is a very frequent, poorly controlled chronic endothelial disease that coexists with erectile dysfunction, it is very useful to know the frequency of the relationship between arterial hypertension and erectile dysfunction in the geriatric population. Ī high prevalence has been found in patients with erectile dysfunction and arterial hypertension, which may be due to endothelial damage in the arterial wall of the corpora cavernosa, and due to the effect that certain antihypertensive drugs produce in the erection 6. Erectile dysfunction and hypertension share the same risk factors (sedentary lifestyle, obesity, alcohol and smoking), which are in turn associated with endothelial dysfunction 5. Įrectile dysfunction is recognized as a multifactorial disease in which psychic, neurogenic, endocrine causes coexist concomitant diseases such as diabetes, vascular, traumatic causes related to drugs, lifestyles and even iatrogenic causes have been described 2. Currently, there are three basic mechanisms known that can cause erectile dysfunction: inability to initiate an erection (psychogenic, endocrine or neurogenic cause), insufficient filling (arteriogenic) and the inability to store a sufficient volume of blood in the lacunar network (dysfunction veno-occlusive) 4. However, it was from the concepts by Freud that it was considered of a psychological origin 1. In the year of 1573 Varilo explained the erection as a result of a venous restriction mechanism 3. As well as that of his partner, since it affects the individual from the physical to the emotional 2. Although it is considered a benign disease, it has a high impact on the quality of life of the person who suffers it. Keywords: Erectile dysfunctionErectile dysfunction,HypertensionHypertension,ElderlyElderly.Įrectile dysfunction is defined as the consistent (durable, stable) inability to achieve or maintain a penile erection sufficient to allow a satisfactory sexual relationship 1. Conclusions: In our male and hypertensive geriatric population attending the outpatient clinic of the Centro de Atencion Integral del Adulto Mayor, there is a high prevalence of erectile dysfunction, presenting more frequently in a range of advanced age due to concomitant diseases. Results: The sample showed that the prevalence of erectile dysfunction in hypertensive male patients attending the outpatient clinic of the Centro de Atención Integral del Adulto Mayor was 58%. Surveys Included general questions and the International Erectile Function Index (IIEF-5).
Methodology: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out, taking a sample of 210 individuals from a universe of 465, obtaining data from the application of two surveys to male and hypertensive patients in the months of October and November of the year 2013. Objective: To determine the prevalence of erectile dysfunction in hypertensive male patients attending the outpatient clinic of the “Centro de Atención Integral del Adulto Mayor”. Although it is a benign disease, it affects both physical and psychosocial health, resulting in the affectation of the quality of life of those who suffer it. Introduction: Erectile Dysfunction is currently recognized as a multifactorial disease in which psychological, neurological, endocrine, vascular, traumatic, life-style, environmental and iatrogenic causes coexist.
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