Erectile Dysfunction Is the Main Correlate of Depression in Men with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury release_54yi3bfzojhhxns5g5zukszn7u

by Arcangelo Barbonetti, Settimio D'Andrea, Chiara Castellini, Maria Totaro, Mario Muselli, Francesca Cavallo, Giorgio Felzani, Stefano Necozione, Sandro Francavilla

Published in Journal of Clinical Medicine by MDPI AG.

2021   Volume 10, Issue 10, p2090

Abstract

Depression is the most prevalent psychological issue after a spinal cord injury (SCI) and is associated with noticeable disability, mortality and health expenditure. As SCI mainly occurs in sexually active men at a young age, and can lead to them suffering from an organic neurogenic erectile dysfunction (ED), we supposed that ED could be a major correlate of depressive status in men with SCI. As documented by a Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) score ≥14, depression was reported in 17 out of 57 men with a chronic SCI (29.8%). They exhibited a significantly higher prevalence of ED and a more severe bowel and bladder dysfunction when compared to the group without depression. At the multiple logistic regression analysis, depression showed a significant independent association with ED (OR = 19.0, 95% CI: 3.1, 203.3; p = 0.004) and, to a lesser extent, with a severe impairment of bowel and bladder function (OR = 0.84; 95% CI: 0.72, 0.94; p = 0.01). Depression was observed in 43.7% of men with ED and only in 12.0% of those without ED (p = 0.002). In conclusion, healthcare providers should give the right level of importance to the management of ED in men with SCI, as this represents a major independent correlate of depression, which, in turn, might hinder physical rehabilitation and exacerbate physical health issues related to SCI.
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