Is There a Response of Hepatic Enzymes, Psychological Measures, and Sexual Dysfunction to Aerobic Exercise in Men With Sexual Dysfunction Complaint and Hepatitis C
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Enrollment
- 46
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5)
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a systematic disease that affects several aspects of patients' well-being, including physical, mental, social, and sexual quality of life. In recent years, this clinical trial aims to search the Response of Hepatic Enzymes, Psychological Measures, and Sexual Dysfunction to Aerobic Exercise in Hepatitis Men With Sexual Dysfunction Complaint
Detailed Description
Hepatitis Men With Sexual Dysfunction (erectile dysfunction) Complaint (n=46) will be randomized randomly to 23-men exercise-training (one hour walking on treadmill, for 3 months, three walking sessions per the week) hepatitis-C group or 23-men waiting-hepatitis-C group.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 35 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- Male
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •men with hepatitis C men diagnosis
- •men with sexual dysfunction (erectile dysfunction)
Exclusion Criteria
- •obesity , men with cardiac/thoracic/systemic diseases, drugs for sexual dysfunction (erectile dysfunction)
Arms & Interventions
Exercised group
In this group, Hepatitis-C Men With Sexual Dysfunction (erectile dysfunction) Complaint (n=23) will receive exercise-training sessions (one hour walking on treadmill, for 3 months, three walking sessions per the week)
Intervention: exercise (Behavioral)
control group
in this group, Hepatitis-C Men With Sexual Dysfunction (erectile dysfunction) Complaint (n=23) will act as a control (waitlist) group that will receive no trainning
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5)
Time Frame: It will be measured after 12 weeks of training
it will assess the sexual dysfunction in men
Secondary Outcomes
- Profile of Mood States(It will be measured after 12 weeks of training)
- depression inventory of Beck(It will be measured after 12 weeks of training)
- aspartate transaminase(It will be measured after 12 weeks of training)
- Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale(It will be measured after 12 weeks of training)
- alanine transaminase(It will be measured after 12 weeks of training)
Investigators
Ali Mohamed Ali ismail
lecturer of Physical Therapy for Cardiovascular / Respiratory Disorder and Geriatrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University
Cairo University