患者对勃起功能障碍的理解和看法:香港与欧洲对比
Ruofan Shi1, Stacia Tsun-Tsun Chun1, Rong Na1,2,3
1Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HK), China.
World journal of urology
|May 4, 2025
概括
勃起功能障碍 (ED) 影响了香港一半以上的男性,对其与心脏病的联系的认识很低. 提高公众意识对于早期检测和改善男性健康至关重要.
科学领域:
- 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科
- 心血管健康 心血管健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 勃起功能障碍 (ED) 是一种普遍的疾病,具有显著的心理社会影响.
- 了解不同人群中的ED患病率和意识对于有针对性的健康干预至关重要.
- 之前在欧洲的研究提供了基准进行比较.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定香港的ED患病率.
- 评估公众对ED的理解和看法.
- 将发现与欧洲泌尿病学协会 (EAU) 和泌尿病学基金会信托基金会 (TRTed-TUF) 的欧洲数据进行比较.
主要方法:
- 从2023年12月到2024年3月进行了一项基于调查的研究.
- 在调查中,为了保持一致性,对EAU和TRTed-TUF问卷进行了调整.
- 在线分发给香港大学的大学生/工作人员和医院门诊患者.
主要成果:
- 在香港人口中发现ED的患病率为51.8% (n=616).
- 意识较低:53.2%的人误解ED,只有26.4%的人知道它可能是心脏病的信号.
- 显著多数 (73.6%) 没有与任何人讨论ED问题,尽管88.3%的人如果知道心脏联系,会寻求帮助.
结论:
- 在香港,公众对ED的认识特别低.
- 建议通过社交媒体和初级保健进行教育活动,以提高对相关心血管疾病的理解和早期发现.
- 解决ED可以改善心理社会福祉,并可能识别严重的潜在健康状况.
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