INTRODUCTION:

COVID-19 infection may cause erectile dysfunction due to local viral infection and impairing mental health.

OBJECTIVE:

To analyze the erectile function in Brazilian sample patients during pandemics with and without COVID-19 infection and compare with results from a sample obtained before the pandemic.

METHODS:

Internet survey with epidemiologic questions, data on COVID-19 infection, and the International Index for Erectile Function (IIEF). Patients were divided into those with and without infections. A control group with results obtained before the pandemic was also included.

RESULTS:

Four hundred twenty-two males were studied 210 with data obtained before the pandemic; 208 with data obtained during the pandemic (84 with COVID-19 infection and 124 without). Patients with COVID-19 infection had worse results of IIEF than those without (in the pandemics and before pandemics) with p=0.01 and used more sexual stimulants (p=0.02). The results were worse in the first month after the infection.

CONCLUSION:

Patients with COVID-19 infection had impairment in erectile function that is more severe in the first month after infection.