title: Assessment of sexual functions in partners of women with complaints of urinary incontinence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Investigation of the erectile functions in partners of women with urinary incontinence problems.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sexually active female patients over the age of 18 years with complaints of urinary incontinence (n=30) (Group-1), and without urinary incontinence (n=30) (Group-2, controls) were included this study. Evaluation of the patients were done at Erzincan Mengücek Gazi Training and Research Hospital's urology outpatient clinic between June 2012 and January 2013. Partners of group-1 and group-2 were asked to fill in the 5-item International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5) questionnaire, and then the scores of the two groups were compared for statistically significant differences.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the partners of the group-1 patients, 15 (50%) had mild erectile dysfunction (ED), 11 (36.6%) had moderate ED, 1 (3.4%) had severe ED, and erectile function was normal in the remaining 3 (10%). Among the partners of group-2 patients, 15 (50%) had mild ED, 7 had moderate ED, 1 (3.4%) had severe ED, and 7 (23.3%) had normal erectile function. Compared to the spouses of group-2 patients, ED was more prevalent among the spouses of group-1 patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Erectile function in the partners of women with urinary incontinence may be adversely affected by the UI of their partners.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Sungurlu State Hospital, Sungurlu , Corum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Muzaffer Oguz
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Keles
authors.affiliation: Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Selahattin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Caliskan
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali Murat
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gokce
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gunes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D012747:Sexual Partners; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014549:Urinary Incontinence
keywords: Erectile Dysfunction; Sexual Partners; Urinary Incontinence