@article{ref1,
title="Posttraumatic stress disorder and the risk of erectile dysfunction: a nationwide cohort study in Taiwan : PTSD and erectile dysfunction",
journal="Annals of general psychiatry",
year="2021",
author="Wang, Sheng-Chiang and Chien, Wu-Chien and Chung, Chi-Hsiang and Tzeng, Nian-Sheng and Liu, Yia-Ping",
volume="20",
number="1",
pages="48-48",
abstract="BACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and the risk of developing erectile dysfunction. <br><br>METHODS: In this population-based retrospective cohort study, we used Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database to analyze patients who were newly diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) between 2000 and 2013, with a 1:3 ratio by age and index year matched with patients in a non-PTSD comparison group, for the risk of erectile dysfunction. <br><br>RESULTS: In total, 5 out of 1079 patients in the PTSD group developed erectile dysfunction, and 3 out of 3237 patients in the non-PTSD group (47.58 vs. 9.03 per 100,000 per person-year) developed erectile dysfunction. The Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that the PTSD cohort had a significantly higher risk of erectile dysfunction (log-rank, p < 0.001). The Cox regression analysis revealed that the study subjects were more likely to develop an injury (hazard ratio: 12.898, 95% confidence intervals = 2.453-67.811, p = 0.003) after adjusting for age, monthly income, urbanization level, geographic region, and comorbidities. Psychotropic medications used by the patients with PTSD were not associated with the risk of erectile dysfunction. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Patients who suffered from PTSD had a higher risk of developing erectile dysfunction.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1744-859X",
doi="10.1186/s12991-021-00368-w",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12991-021-00368-w"
}