title: [Psychological factors and erectile function in men with refractory chronic prostatitis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the psychological factors and erectile function in patients with refractory chronic prostatitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We obtained and compared the scores on the NIH scales of chronic prostatitis symptoms, anxiety, depression and erectile function among 232 refractory and medical chronic prostatitis patients who had never received any psychotherapy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant differences were observed in the scores on chronic prostatitis symptoms between the refractory and the medical chronic prostatitis groups, while the scores on anxiety and depression were significantly higher and that on erectile function significantly lower in the refractory than in the medical group (P < 0.01), with a negative correlation between the scores on the former two items and that on the latter.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Obvious psychological factors exist in patients with refractory chronic prostatitis, which may affect their erectile function.
authors.affiliation: Deparment of Urology, First Hospital of Wuhan, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, China. zenghanqing@163.com
authors.forename: Han-Qing
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Chuan-Hua
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Gong-Cheng
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003863:Depression / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010410:Penile Erection / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult