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Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health METHOD (1)
Male patients who attended a Sexual and Reproductive Health Outpatient Clinic complaining for ED.
Exclusion criteria: mental health conditions or co-morbidities affecting everyday life.
Typical basic evaluation:
demographics
clinical evaluation
laboratory exams
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Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health METHOD (2)
Instruments
International Index of Erectile Dysfunction (IIEF) – erectile
function domain score (items: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 andamp; 15) in order to
assess severity of ED.
B. Life Satisfaction Inventory (LSI), 13-item scale assessing
life satisfaction in diverse groups of patients.
Previously published nomograms based on
healthy Greek population were used.
RESULTS (1):
Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health RESULTS (1)
Participants
69 consecutive patients with ED currently involved in a relationship.
Age range 22-71 yrs, mean age=49.5 (+13.7)
Reliability analysis
LSI had high internal consistency (α=0.82)
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RESULTS (2)
ED patients, compared to healthy population, had
significantly lower:
satisfaction from their sexual life (mean: 2.0 vs 3.42)
total satisfaction from their life (mean: 43.63 vs 46.08)
ED patients, compared to healthy population, had
significantly more satisfaction:
from their financial status (mean: 3.26 vs 2.70)
from their leisure time activities (mean: 3.49 vs 3.04)
RESULTS (3)Differences in satisfaction from sexual life according to different levels of ED severity:
Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health RESULTS (3) Differences in satisfaction from sexual life according to different levels of ED severity ** [F(2, 65)= 9.530,
pandlt;0.001]
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CONCLUSIONS
Men who seek help for ED have lower satisfaction with
sexual life and with their overall life compared to healthy
people.
Severity of ED has a strong negative impact in patients’
satisfaction with sexual life.
ED patients gain more satisfaction from other domains of
their life (financial status and leisure time activities).
ED patients do not differ from healthy people in their
expressed subjective rating of QoL.