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The association between total duration of drinking, the quantity of alcohol consumed, sociodemographic, clinical variables and ED were also studied.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>One hundred and four subjects with alcohol use disorder and complaints of ED meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria were recruited into the study after taking written informed consent. The subjects were assessed at baseline and after 3 months of abstinence from alcohol with IIEF-5 and a specially designed pro forma. Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to assess the change in ED after 3 months of abstinence. Chi square test was done to assess the associations and binary logistic regression was done to determine the significance of variables after 3 months of abstinence.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Outcomes<\/jats:title><jats:p>Improvement in ED after 3 months of abstinence from alcohol and its association between socio demographic and clinical variables were assessed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of the 104 subjects studied, 88.5% (92) showed improvement in ED after 3 months of abstinence from alcohol. Wilcoxon signed rank test showed that the improvement in ED after 3 months of abstinence was significant. (Z = 8.708, P &amp;lt; .001). Significant association was found between age, alcoholic liver disease, total duration of drinking, and number of standard drinks per day with ED after 3 months of abstinence.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Clinical Implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>Information that ED will improve with abstinence from alcohol can be used in deaddiction treatment to provide a motivation for change.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Strength and Limitations<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study aims to fill the gap in literature as only a few studies have examined the impact of abstinence from alcohol on ED. The main limitations of this study are short follow up period and since this study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital it could have given rise to Berksonian bias.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Results indicate that ED shows improvement with abstinence from alcohol. Absence of alcoholic liver disease, younger age, shorter duration of drinking, lesser number of standard drinks per day had a significant influence in the improvement of ED with alcohol abstinence and this information can be beneficial in treatment to provide an impetus for change.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jsxm.2022.01.517","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,27]],"date-time":"2022-02-27T11:52:46Z","timestamp":1645962766000},"page":"581-589","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["The Impact of Abstinence from Alcohol on Erectile Dysfunction: A Prospective Follow up in Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Aravind","family":"Karunakaran","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jaimon Plathottathil","family":"Michael","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College Kottayam , Kottayam, Kerala , India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023041407181600700_","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"135","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jsxm.2015.12.019","article-title":"Definitions of sexual dysfunctions in women and men: A consensus statement from the fourth international consultation on sexual medicine 2015","volume":"13","author":"McCabe","year":"2016","journal-title":"J Sex Med"},{"key":"2023041407181600700_","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"35","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1743-6109.2004.10106.x","article-title":"Epidemiology\/risk factors of sexual dysfunction","volume":"1","author":"Lewis","year":"2004","journal-title":"J Sex Med"},{"key":"2023041407181600700_","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"353","DOI":"10.5694\/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123691.x","article-title":"Erectile dysfunction in the community: A prevalence study","volume":"171","author":"Pinnock","year":"1999","journal-title":"Med J Aust"},{"key":"2023041407181600700_","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"153","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(12)60520-0","article-title":"Erectile dysfunction","volume":"381","author":"Shamloul","year":"2013","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"2023041407181600700_","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"50","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1464-410x.1999.00142.x","article-title":"The likely worldwide increase in erectile dysfunction between 1995 and 2025 and some possible policy consequences","volume":"84","author":"Ayta","year":"1999","journal-title":"BJU Int"},{"key":"2023041407181600700_","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1051","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1360-0443.2005.01176.x","article-title":"India: alcohol and public health","volume":"100","author":"Benegal","year":"2005","journal-title":"Addiction"},{"key":"2023041407181600700_","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"912","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM197910253011704","article-title":"Medical progress. 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