Associations between lifestyle, erectile dysfunction and healthcare seeking: a population-based study.

Conclusion: Reporting ED and GP contact were significantly associated with age. Furthermore, lifestyle was significantly associated with reporting ED, but largely not associated with healthcare seeking. These findings are important for future interventions aiming to improve diagnosis and treatment of ED.Key pointsExperiencing erectile dysfunction is frequent in the general population, especially among older men.  • In this large-scale national survey, age and lifestyle were significantly associated with reporting erectile dysfunction.  • Healthcare seeking with erectile dysfunction was significantly associated with age, but not with lifestyle.  • Diagnosis and treatment of erectile dysfunction might be challenged when erectile dysfunction does not lead to healthcare seeking. PMID: 32314631 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Primary Care - Category: Primary Care Authors: Tags: Scand J Prim Health Care Source Type: research