Relation between Obesity and Erectile Dysfunction among Adult Men in a Clinic in Denpasar

Abstract: Erectile dysfunction (ED) is is defined as the persistent inability to achieve or maintain an erection adequate for satisfactory sexual activity. ED can be included as one of the causes for low quality in life of adult men. There are many etiologies and risk factors of ED, one of them is obesity. The purpose of this research is to find the relation between obesity and erectile dysfunction among adult men in Denpasar. This research has been done at Poly Sexology in SMC Sudirman Medical Center, Denpasar, Bali from the month of May till November 2019. Type of research design used is analytical with cross sectional method from the primary data. Samples for this research is adult men in Denpasar within the age of 25-49 years old is calculated by using consequctive sampling and has been decided to take 55 samples according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Result from this research is done by using chi square and the p values = 0.005 and 95%CI (1,167-4,373) which shows there is significant correlation between obesity and erectile dysfunction. Keywords: Erectile dysfunction (ED), overweight, obesity, adult men.