title: Assessment of Erectile Dysfunction Following Burn Injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) following burn injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013, recruiting 125 male patients with thermal and electrical burn injury. Using the simplified and validated Persian translation of the abridged, 5-item version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5) questionnaire, the patients were evaluated for the presence and severity of the ED following burn injury.
  
  
  RESULTS
  ED was detected in 66 patients (53%). There was a significant association between the total body surface area (TBSA) and severity of ED, in which by increase in the TBSA, the severity of ED increased. There was a significant negative correlation between IIEF-5 score and age (r = -0.247, P = .005) and TBSA (r = -0.481, P < .001). The logistic regression analysis revealed that TBSA was significantly associated with ED (P < .001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study estimated the prevalence of ED among burn survivors to be higher than the general population. We found that TBSA is a significant risk factor of ED.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Motahari Burn Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Hamid
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Salehi
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Motahari Burn Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Kamran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: As'adi
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: moh@naderan.com.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naderan
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Saeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shoar
authors.affiliation: Education Development Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saberi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D055815:Young Adult