PHYSICAL ACTIVITY HAS NO RELATION WITH ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AMONG DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE II PATIENTS IN SANGLAH GENERAL HOSPITAL DENPASAR.

Physical Activity has no Relation with Erectile Dysfunction among
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Patients in Sanglah General Hospital Denpasar
Ni Luh Putu Nurindah Sukmawati1, Made Ratna Saraswati2
Faculty of Medicine Udayana University1,2
ABSTRACT
This research is aimed to assess whether patients with diabetes type 2 with regular
physical activity has lower risk of erectile dysfunction compared to patients who are
physically inactive. This research is an analytical cross sectional study takes place in
Diabetic Centre, Sanglah General Hospital Denpasar. Subjects are male outpatient suffered
from DM type II in Diabetic Centre RSUP Sanglah Denpasar, that comes to Diabetic
Centre RSUP Sanglah during weekdays (20 November 2013-7 December 2013 , Male,
Age >18 year old, married/sexually active. International Index of Erectile Dysfunction
(IIEF) score and International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) level of activity
recorded directly from patients via interview. From 34 patients observed 21 person
categorized as low erectile function and the rest is normal. In MET category 17 patients is
considered as having moderate physical activity in total 32 respondents. There are 32
(94.1%) valid cases with 2 cases missing. Chi square test value is 3.7 with p value 0.055
and α=0.05. Calculated CI (95%(RR)) is 0.6 until 2.5. Therefore, the range interval of
confidence interval is including 1. This research concluded that physical activity has a
possibility being either risk or protective factor against erectile dysfunction in DMT II
patients in this population.

Keyword : physical activity, diabetes mellitus type 2, erectile dysfunction, RSUP Sanglah.
BACKGROUND

men of the same age.1 The Massachusetts

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is one of the

Male

most neglected complications of Diabetes

longitudinal, epidemiological study of

Mellitus Type 2 (DMT2), that causing

1290 men age 40 to 70 years, found the

patients had an unhealthy psychosocial

mean probability of some degree of ED


condition. Even though there are another

was 52%. For men with diabetes, the age

life threatening complication of DMT2,

adjusted prevalence of complete ED was

ED is still worth mentioning because of

28% vs. 9.6% among the general

its impact on patient’s quality of life.

population.2

Studies

Some research is done regarding ED


populations

also

prevalence worldwide. In men with

frequencies

DMT2, ED is more frequent than other

Aging

Study

of

(MMAS),

a


in

different

have

reported

erectile

ranging from 20% to 90%.

3

dysfunction

The prevalence of erectile dysfunction

dysfunction and low level of physical


increases with age, duration and severity

activity. Level of physical activity may

of diabetes.3 ED is found among 50% of

also

patients within 10 years of diagnosis of

counting Metabolic Equivalent (MET)

diabetes; in as many as 12%, ED is the

values and qualitatively grouping them

presenting symptom. ED onset occurs 10

into categories.


to 15 years earlier in men with diabetes

Data is collected by asking the patient

compared with the general population .4

directly and also recording other data

Age

and

duration

of

diabetes

be


measured

quantitatively by

is

such as age, Hba1C, duration of diabetes.

theoretically unavoidable factors which

This study take place and date in Diabetic

correlates positively with ED. Recently,

Centre of RSUP Sanglah Denpasar

physical activity proves its power in

between 20 November 2013-7 December


reducing insulin resistance and thus may

2013.

have some role in delaying complication

patients suffered from DM type 2.

in patients with DMT2. Since ED is one

Accessible population are Male outpatient

complication of

suffered from DM type II in Diabetic

DMT2, it is a worth

Targeted population are male


trying to analyze the possible protective

Centre

effect of physical activity in delaying or

Samples were collected consecutively

minimizing ED in men with DMT2.

from population sample DM Type II

RSUP

Sanglah

Denpasar.

patient. Inclusion criteria’s include patient

METHODS

Diabetes Mellitus Type II that comes to

This study is a analytical cross sectional

Diabetic Centre RSUP Sanglah during

study that analyze the relation between

weekdays (20 November -7 December

erectile dysfunction and level of physical

2013 , Male, Age >18 year old,

activity. Erectile dysfunction is measured

married/sexually


by

Erectile

criteria’s are Female, Age >70 year old.

Dysfunction (IIEF) questionnaire and

From the counting, minimal sample

level of physical activity is measured by

required is 27 patients suffered from

short form International Physical Activity

Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 in RSUP

Questionnaire (IPAQ). Lower score of

Sanglah. There are also some additional

IIEF and IPAQ both showing erectile

samples required to avoid unwanted

International

Index

of

active.

Exclusion

selection of patient so that total minimal

on at least 3 days and accumulating at

samples required is 30 samples. Data is

least 1500 MET-minutes/week (2). 7 or

collected from patient’s Medical Record

more days of any combination of

and questionnaire is asked to the patients

walking, moderate- or vigorous-intensity

itself in waiting room Diabetic Centre.

activities accumulating at least 3000 MET

Independent variable is physical activity,

minutes/week the score is based on

dependent variable is erectile dysfunction,

International

and confounding variable are duration of

Questionnaire (IPAQ). Data Analysis is

diabetes, age, and marital status.

done by using SPSS program 16.0. Chi

Patients with IIEF scores (