Therapeutic Strategies in Sexual Function

Therapeutic Strategies in Sexual Function of Men With Spinal Cord Injury

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

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Spinal Cord Injury; Male Sexual Dysfunction
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Therapeutic Strategies

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 Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 24

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Brazil
  • Pernambuco
    • Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, +5581
      • Josepha Karinne de Oliveira Ferro

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 60 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Male

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The study involving 24 men with spinal cord injury, recruited in reference services in spinal cord injury Recife (PE). Aged between 18 and 60 years with a clinical diagnosis of traumatic spinal cord injury, injury time less than six months, heterosexual and sexually active. The study excluded 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 and cognitive impairment.

Description

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 Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Therapeutic strategies group; To know the main therapeutic strategies used by men with spinal cord injury in sexual dysfunctions, mainly medicinal plants.	Other: Therapeutic Strategies; Using questionnaires (Erectile Function of International Index and American Impairment Scale) and search in public markets using semi structured form

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Therapeutic Strategies	Therapeutic Strategies assessed by semi structured form in public market	one day

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
level of neurological lesion	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	one day
Degree of lesion	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	one day
Male sexual dysfunction	Male Sexual Dysfunction assessed by International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF)	one day

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Josepha KO Ferro, master, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: March 1, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 1, 2016
• Study Completion (Actual): May 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 18, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 20, 2016
• First Posted (Estimate): September 21, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): September 21, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 20, 2016
• Last Verified: September 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Complementary Therapies; Sexuality; Spinal cord injuries; Medicinal plants
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Wounds and Injuries; Trauma, Nervous System; Spinal Cord Diseases; Spinal Cord Injuries
• Other Study ID Numbers: THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES SCI

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO