A clinical analysis of 140 cases of erectile dysfunction

Objective To study the clinical characteristics of erectile dysfunction(ED). Methods 140 erectile dysfunction patients were evaluated by the erectile function(EF)domain of the international index of erectile function(IIEF). Results There were 22 cases of psychologic ED ,56 cases of organic ED and 62 mixed ED cases.61 patients were under 50 years old ,whose average ED duration was 51.4 months,and EF score 12.1±4.5,only 18 cases had risk factors.Whereas there were 79 patients over 50 years,their average ED duration was 76.3 months,and their average EF score 9.1±4.1,48 of them had risk factors.Statistic analysis showed there were significant difference in ED duration、IIEF score and risk factors between the two groups( P 0.01). Conclusions The results indicated that patients over 50 years had more risk factors,and they intended to get worse erectile dysfunction.The EF domain is a simple and practical means to evaluating erectile dysfunction.