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rahimi A, taghipour H R, ebadi A, pourebrahimi M. Sexual function of male patients before and after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. IJRN 2019; 5 (2) :41-46
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Atherosclerosis Research Center, Baghiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Student of Nursing, Department of Nursing, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Aims: Cardiovascular diseases is one of the main causes of mortality in the world. Coronary artery disease is one of the cardiovascular diseases that affects the sexual function of this patients. This study was performed to evaluate the sexual function of patients before and after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 90 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery in the two military Hospitals, Iran. In this research the international index of erectile function before and after two months after cardiac surgery was used for data gathering.
Results: The mean of total sexual function before surgery was 13.43 and 2 months after surgery was 6.93. Also, sexual function was decreased significantly in the areas of erectile function, orgasmic function, sexual desire, satisfaction with intercourse and marital satisfaction after surgery.
(P <0.001).
Conclusion: Probably due to the complications of surgery sexual function decreased in the short term. Therefore, in order to study more precisely, longitudinal studies are recommended to evaluation of this concept.
Keywords: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Sexual Function, International Index of Erectile Function
Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 90 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery in the two military Hospitals, Iran. In this research the international index of erectile function before and after two months after cardiac surgery was used for data gathering.
Results: The mean of total sexual function before surgery was 13.43 and 2 months after surgery was 6.93. Also, sexual function was decreased significantly in the areas of erectile function, orgasmic function, sexual desire, satisfaction with intercourse and marital satisfaction after surgery.
(P <0.001).
Conclusion: Probably due to the complications of surgery sexual function decreased in the short term. Therefore, in order to study more precisely, longitudinal studies are recommended to evaluation of this concept.
Keywords: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Sexual Function, International Index of Erectile Function
Keywords: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Function - Sexual Function - International Index of Erectile Function
Type of Study: Research |
Received: 2018/11/5 | Accepted: 2019/02/8 | Published: 2019/03/7
Received: 2018/11/5 | Accepted: 2019/02/8 | Published: 2019/03/7
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