Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Sexual Function of Adult Married Men
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Sexual function is characterized by absence of difficulty moving through the stages of sexual cycles called desire, arousal, and orgasm, as well as subjective satisfaction with the frequency and outcome of individual and partnered sexual behavior (Robyn Fielder 2013). Despite the well documented literature on the benefits of exercise and sexual health, more of those literatures address improvements associated to sexual dysfunction while neglecting considerable gaps in how exercise may be related and contribute to sexuality among healthyadults (Stanton et al., 2018). The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of aerobic exercise on sexual function variables called sexual desire(libido), erectile function, orgasmic function, premature ejaculation, intercourse satisfaction and overall sexual satisfaction. The study employed quasi experimental research design. The total populations of the study were 120 adult married men teachers at Arba Minch College of education. 24 were selected for the study from the subjects who fulfilled inclusion criteria through simple random sampling method. 12 were classified as EG and the remaining 12 were classified as CG through simple random sampling method too. Only EG were participated in 8 weeks aerobic exercise intervention whereas the CG group continued only their occasional workout. Both groups had taken pre and post-testing and all the subjects responded the standard questionnaires. International index of erectile function questionnaires were used to measure libido, erectile function, orgasmic function, intercourse satisfaction and overall sexual satisfaction and premature ejaculation diagnostic tool questionnaires were used to measure premature ejaculation. The data collected from the study subjects was analyzed using SPSS version 20 software through Descriptive statics to describe demographic characteristics, paired t-test to compare pre and post test result of experimental and control group and independent t- test to compare EG and CG with level of significant 0.05. The results showed that aerobic exercise has significant effect on sexual desire/libido/, erectile function, premature ejaculation, intercourse satisfaction and overall sexual satisfaction in EG. But no significant difference was observed in orgasmic function. Therefore, aerobic exercise has an improvement on libido, erectile function, premature ejaculation, intercourse satisfaction and overall sexual satisfaction.
DOI: 10.20372/nadre:19727
Author: AFEWORK AYELE
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7090777606
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