Therapeutic Strategies in Sexual Function

Completed

• Conditions: Male Sexual Dysfunction; Spinal Cord Injury
• Interventions: Other: Therapeutic Strategies

• Registration Number: NCT02908867
• Lead Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Brief Summary

Objectives: To know the main therapeutic strategies used by men with spinal cord injury in sexual dysfunctions.

Detailed Description

Methods: This is a descriptive observational study involving 24 men with a mean age of 32.62 (CI 28.65 to 36.60), with spinal cord injury, recruited in reference services in spinal cord injury Recife (PE). The subjects underwent neurological evaluation in accordance with the guidelines of the International Standards for Neurological Examination and Functional classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI), the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA), assessment of sexual function through the Erectile Function of International Index (IIEF) and answered a semi-structured form to identify therapeutic strategies used in sexual function. To collect information about medicinal plants, a search was made in the surroundings of public markets located in the Metropolitan Region of Recife (PE).

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-03
• Primary Completion: 2016-01
• Study Completion: 2016-05
• Status Verified: 2016-09
• Study First Submitted: 2016-09-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-09-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-09-20
• Study First Posted: 2016-09-21
• Last Update Posted: 2016-09-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 24

Inclusion Criteria

• clinical diagnosis of traumatic spinal cord injury
• injury time less than six months
• heterosexual
• sexually active

Exclusion Criteria

• patients who had erectile dysfunction attributed to endocrine or metabolic disease order
• those who underwent surgery in the genital area, such as radical prostatectomy or penile implant
• cognitive impairment

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Therapeutic strategies group	Therapeutic Strategies	To know the main therapeutic strategies used by men with spinal cord injury in sexual dysfunctions, mainly medicinal plants.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Therapeutic Strategies	one day	Therapeutic Strategies assessed by semi structured form in public market

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
level of neurological lesion	one day	Level of neurological lesion assessed by ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS) according to the International Standards for Neurological and Functional Examination Classification of Spinal Cord Injury
Degree of lesion	one day	Degree of neurological lesion assessed by ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS) according to the International Standards for Neurological and Functional Examination Classification of Spinal Cord Injury
Male sexual dysfunction	one day	Male Sexual Dysfunction assessed by International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Josepha Karinne de Oliveira Ferro; 🇧🇷 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil