Changing Lifestyle in OSA Males Who Suffer Metabolic Syndrome and Impotence: Is There a Response?

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

lifestyle changing plus CPAP: 20 males with metabolic syndrome, sexual impotence (erectile dysfunction), and obstructive sleep apnea will be in this group (CPAP will be applied in this group that will contain 20 males, CPAP will be applied five days weekly during night-sleeping for 4 hours for 12 weeks plus lifestyle changes that will contain 3-session per-week 40-minute treadmill exercising and low-caloric/dietary 12-week restriction.

CPAP: 20 males with metabolic syndrome, sexual impotence (erectile dysfunction), and obstructive sleep apnea will be in this group. in this group CPAP will be applied five days weekly during night-sleeping for 4 hours for 12 weeks

Study summary

The problems like metabolic syndrome and sexual impotence in males with obstructive sleep apnea are common. continuous passive airway pressure (CPAP) is an authorized treatment for this type of apnea but still the recommendations of changing lifestyles are the suggested cornerstone therapies especially in obese males

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• international index of erectile function (five-item Arabic version) — it will be measured after 12 weeks
  a questionnaire that will assess erectile function

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