Comparative Efficacy of Oral Chinese Patent Medicine for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome With Sexual Dysfunction: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Front Pharmacol · 2021 · PMC8143435 · PMID 34040523

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“A meta-analysis involving 11,189 men showed that the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in men with CP/CPPS was high (SD was 62%, ED was 29% and PE was 40%), even though overall SD demonstrated a slightly decreasing trend, ED prevalence rate had an increasing trend in recent years” ( Li and Chen, 2016 ). “A questionnaire survey was conducted among 1786 men indicated that the prevalence rate of SD in Chinese men with CP/CPPS is high (SD was 49%, ED was 15% and PE was 26%) and related to age” ( Liang et al., 2004 ).

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