Exploring the Relationship between Erectile Dysfunction and Depression among Patients with Radical Prostatectomy

Abstract

SUMMARY Understanding the patient's Erectile Function after Radical Prostatectomy the patient's care can be enhanced The value of this process is to give people an opportunity to state the degree of symptoms to trigger self-awareness and to pay attention to the intimacy of the partner and even to reflect on the quality of life Impact The main axis of domestic prostate cancer research is to evaluate the efficacy and whether erectile dysfunction affects mood changes or even leads to less intoxication in the literature The aim of this study was to investigate the association between erectile dysfunction and depression after radical surgery in patients with prostate cancer A cross-sectional study was conducted A convenient sample of 79 patients after prostate cancer surgery was recruited from the Southern Regional Medical Center Questionnaires using IIEF-5 and BDI-II were used to examine demographics and erectile function and depression The higher the IIEF-5 score the better the erectile function and the higher the BDI-II score the higher the degree of depression The results of the study showed that most of the subjects were over 65 years old married high school education or below economic income of 2 7 million to 990 000 religious beliefs work over body mass index past medical history and disease stage the second term The majority of patients with Erectile Dysfunction after radical mastectomy had an average score of 7 6 (SD = 7 75) and a downward trend compared with preoperative erectile function After Radical Prostatectomy the majority of patients had no depression but 15 2% had a tendency to depression There were 4 (5 1%) mild moderate and severe respectively No worker (p < 01) has a high depression index which is a significant difference No work (p < 001) stage 2 3 (p < 01) and "stage of disease" (p < 01) may be radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer Predictors of post-patient depression There was no significant correlation between erectile function and depression after radical mastectomy It is recommended to develop relevant care guidelines for erectile function issues and establish a network anonymity function discussion platform to provide treatment information

Date of Award	2019
Original language	English
Supervisor	Miao-Fen Yen (Supervisor)