Aphrodisiacs in recent years have become popular with the increased prevalence of sexual problems worldwide. Aim: Determine the prevalence of aphrodisiac drugs consumption and its associated factors among the married men. Design: cross sectional design was used. Setting: Beni-Suef city. Sample: convenient sample to select 380 subjects. Tools of data collection: two tools were used; the first was a questionnaire composed of 6 parts to assess socio-demographic data, medical history, and pattern of aphrodisiac use, knowledge regarding aphrodisiac drugs, life style and erectile dysfunction, the second tool was the perceived stress scale. Results: the data revealed that 38.2% of the studied sample reported using the aphrodisiac drugs and 85.5% of them used the aphrodisiac drugs without doctor order. The data added that 45.2% have high perceived stress, 24.2 % had mild erectile dysfunction, 49.7% had unsatisfactory level of knowledge and 42.1% reported unhealthy life style. The consumption of aphrodisiac drugs was significantly associated with age, educational level, having multiple wives, level of erectile dysfunction, levels of perceived stress, level of knowledge and life style of the studied sample where P is <0.05. Conclusion: Results of the study concluded that 38.2% of the participants reported using the aphrodisiac drugs and was influenced by the socio-demographic data, level of erectile dysfunction, levels of perceived stress, level of knowledge and life style of the studied sample. Recommendation: Health education programs to improve the population awareness about sexual health and the negative consequences of selfprescribing aphrodisiac drugs.

Elderly persons experience more persistent health problems after recovering from COVID-19 than younger adults. The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation program for elderly persons recovered from COVID-19 to restore normal pulmonary function and quality of life. Design: A quasi experimental design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at the university hospitals in Beni-Suef and Benha City. The sample: convenience sample included 90 elderly persons recovered from COVID-19.Tools: three tools were used; tool (I): interviewing questionnaires composed of three parts; part1: personal characteristics of the elderly persons, part 2: Older People's Quality of Life Questionnaire, part3: The Manchester Respiratory Activities of Daily Living Questionnaire. The second tool was geriatric depression scale. The third tool was the spirometer. The main results indicated that; the pulmonary function parameters, mean scores of quality of life and daily living activities among the intervention group after implementing the intervention were significantly higher than the control group (P<0.05) . While regarding the depression level, there were no significant differences between the two groups. Conclusion: the pulmonary rehabilitation program effectively improved pulmonary function, ability to perform daily living activities, and quality of life significantly and reduced depression among the studied older adults but with no significant differences. Recommendations: Pulmonary rehabilitation should be an integral part of the post-discharge treatment plan for the older adults.

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