Erectile dysfunction negatively affects men and women in relationships; however, the subjective experience of erectile dysfunction and phosphodiesterase-type 5 inhibitor therapy remains poorly understood.
The authors therefore characterized participants' subjective understanding of erectile dysfunction and phosphodiesterase-type 5 inhibitor therapy using individual interviews with affected heterosexual men (n = 58) and women (n = 65). Responses were characterized by 6 psychosocial domains: explanation of the experience, emotional responses, socially expected responses, value of sex, communication with the partner, and treatment expectations. The findings may aid clinicians in relating to men with erectile dysfunction and thus potentially improve effectiveness of therapy.
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McGraw SA, Rosen RC, Althof SE, Dunn M, Cameron A, Wong D. Are you the author?
Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, Massachusetts, USA.
Reference: J Sex Marital Ther. 2013 Nov 25. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.1080/0092623X.2013.864368
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24274107
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