title: Erectile dysfunction in methadone maintenance patients: a cross sectional study in northern iran.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Erectile dysfunction affects quality of life and is a common dysfunction in drug abusers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of erectile dysfunction in drug abusers on methadone maintenance therapy to reduce this drug side effect in the future studies.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study was conducted with two hundred addicted individuals on methadone maintenance therapy. Erectile dysfunction was surveyed using the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF). Finally, all data were collected and analyzed by descriptive statistics such as measures of variability and central tendency and Chi-squared (χ(2)) test using SPSS Version18.0 software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The amount of the total frequency of erectile dysfunction was pointed 30 or less among the two hundred patients and included the moderate and severe cases. In this study, the number of patients with erectile dysfunction was fifty three (26.5%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The frequency of erectile dysfunction in our study was approximately 1.5 times of prevalence of the public (16.1%). In this study, all the factors related to sexual function such as erectile function, libido, orgasm, and sexual pleasure showed a decline among drug abusers.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
authors: Seyed Hamzeh
authors: SH
authors: Hosseini
authors: Department of Urology, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
authors: Ali
authors: A
authors: Isapour
authors: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
authors: Mehrdad
authors: M
authors: Tavakoli
authors: Baqiatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Mehrdad
authors: M
authors: Taghipour
authors: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
authors: Meysam
authors: M
authors: Rasuli
keywords: Drug Abusing; Erectile Dysfunction; Methadone
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