Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Erectile Function at Somdech Phra Pinklao Hospital
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The purpose of this research is to study the effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) on erectile function of Thai men. This is a prospective non-randomized therapeutic research (observational design) consisting of sixteen patients, treated for any indications by HBOT at 2.4 atmospheres absolute eighty-five minutes, five times per week at least twenty sessions at Somdech Phra Pinklao hospital. The instruments used in this study were a multiplace hyperbaric chamber and Thai version of the International index of erectile function 5 (IIEF-5) questionnaire. The validity and reliability of Thai version of the IIEF-5 were evaluated with weight kappa > 0.75 and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) 0.92, respectively. Generalized estimating equation was used for repeated measurement of mean and SD of IIEF-5 score among pre-HBOT and every after ten sessions of HBOT with statistical significance of .05. Mean IIEF-5 score of pre-HBOT, post-HBOT 10, post-HBOT 20, and post-HBOT 30 were 10.4 (8.5), 12.0 (
7.6), 12.4 (
9.6), and 11.1 (
8.9), respectively at p-value .498. To conclude, there was improvement in erectile function in patients receiving HBOT, but with statistical insignificance.
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