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ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2021

Comparative analysis of postoperative sexual dysfunction and quality of life in type a aortic dissection patients of different ages.

Zeng-Rong Luo, Dong-Shan Liao, Liang-Wan Chen

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Article in Journal of cardiothoracic surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Zeng-Rong LuoDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiac Disease Center, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350001, P. R. China.
Dong-Shan LiaoDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiac Disease Center, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350001, P. R. China. liaodongshan3031@163.com.
Liang-Wan ChenDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiac Disease Center, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350001, P. R. China.
Fujian Medical University · CNUnion Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo compare postoperative sexual dysfunction (SD) and quality of life (QOL) in Type A Aortic Dissection (AAD) Patients of Different Ages.

methodsFrom January 2018 to December 2019, 204 AAD postoperative survivors in Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University were selected and were divided into young group (less than 50 years old) and elderly group (more than 50 years old). We evaluated SD according to the male International Erectile Dysfunction Index (IIEF-5) and female sexual function index (FSFI). The Short Form 12 Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-12) and Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q) were used to investigate the QOL, Quick Inventory Depressive Symptomatology-Self Report (QIDS-SR) and the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) to investigate depressive symptoms.

resultsOne hundred seventy-five patients completed all the questionnaire (85.8%). The total SD prevalence rate was 38.9% (68 cases), with 27.4% of the young (20 cases) and 47.1% of the elderly (48 cases). The age of non-SD and SD patients was 49.0 ± 11.5 and 56.9 ± 10.8 years, respectively (P = 0.03). Compared with non-SD patients, the total physical health of SD patients was significantly worse (P = 0.04), however, the mental health was not significantly worse (P = 0.77); the depressive symptoms did not expressed a significant difference between the SD and non-SD groups (QIDS-SR P = 0.15, BDI-II P = 0.06). Total physical health scores in the young SD group did not show significant better than elderly SD group (P = 0.24), however, total mental health scores showed significantly worse (P = 0.04), depressive symptoms scores were significantly higher (QIDS-SR P = 0.03, BDI-II P = 0.04).

conclusionThe postoperative AAD SD prevalence of elderly is higher than that of young, and the total physical health of SD patients is poorer than those without SD patients. The young SD patients did not show a significant higher physical health scores than the elderly SD patients, instead, the young SD patients were more psychologically affected than the elderly SD patients, whose mental health was worse, and depression symptoms were more obvious, suggesting that the factors affecting the QOL of postoperative SD patients are related to physical factors, but the young postoperative SD patients mainly affected by psychological factors.

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Aortic DissectionAdolescentAdultAgedAortaErectile DysfunctionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative PeriodQuality of LifeRetrospective StudiesSample SizeSeverity of Illness IndexSexual Dysfunction, PhysiologicalDifferent ageQuality of lifeSexual dysfunctionSurgeryType a aortic dissection

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