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SEATTLE (UPI) -- A large number of trauma patients suffer from sexual dysfunction long after their initial injury, researchers at the University of Washington say.
Nearly one-third of patients who had sustained moderate to severe trauma reported some degree of sexual dysfunction, and most characterized the dysfunction as severe a year after the event, the researchers said.
The study found a total of 3,087 of 10,122 patients who were treated for trauma had sexual dysfunction.
Dr. Mathew D. Sorensen and colleagues said the researchers did not expect to find sexual dysfunction was so widespread among trauma patients.
"Overall, the sexual dysfunction rate in this study is about double what it is in studies of healthy patients. And for patients under the age of 50 years, the rate is about triple," Sorensen said in a statement.
"In fact, we found that a moderate to severe traumatic injury imparts a risk of sexual dysfunction above and beyond the risk that may be imparted by known risk factors for sexual dysfunction, such as increasing age, diabetes and lower socioeconomic status."
The findings were presented at the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.
Nearly one-third of patients who had sustained moderate to severe trauma reported some degree of sexual dysfunction, and most characterized the dysfunction as severe a year after the event, the researchers said.
The study found a total of 3,087 of 10,122 patients who were treated for trauma had sexual dysfunction.
Dr. Mathew D. Sorensen and colleagues said the researchers did not expect to find sexual dysfunction was so widespread among trauma patients.
"Overall, the sexual dysfunction rate in this study is about double what it is in studies of healthy patients. And for patients under the age of 50 years, the rate is about triple," Sorensen said in a statement.
"In fact, we found that a moderate to severe traumatic injury imparts a risk of sexual dysfunction above and beyond the risk that may be imparted by known risk factors for sexual dysfunction, such as increasing age, diabetes and lower socioeconomic status."
The findings were presented at the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.