Prevalencia de las disfunciones sexuales masculinas

Abstract

Objective: To determine the prevalence rate of male sexual dysfunction in 5323 urologic consultations.
Materials and Methods: In order to establish which age groups show an important consultation rate due to male sexual dysfunction, the number of consultations and the theoretical distribution according to age in the province of Córdoba were contrasted, estimating the risk of suffering from sextual dysfuntion, and determining the age distribution and tendency analysis.

Results: From 5323 urologic consultations in a period of 30 months, 779 were due to sexual dysfunction- 14,63 % (IC 95 % 12-17%); 54,3 % were due to erectile sexual dysfunction; 33 % were dueto ejacultion disorders; and 12,7 % were becuse of other because of other dysfunctions.
Conclusions: The consultation rate increases significantly with age. In patients younger than 20-years-o1d the most frequent
complanint is ejaculation disorder while in patients younger than 40-years-o1d the risk of erectile sexual dysfunction is low, increasing twice as much at 40 be considered an important health problem