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Study of the prevalence and patterns of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor use among sexually active Egyptian males: A National Cross-sectional Survey
- Source :
- AndrologiaREFERENCES. 51(9)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Egypt from November 2015 to June 2016. Sexually active adult men were interviewed by a questionnaire designed by the authors. All the participants were evaluated by the abridged 5-item version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF). A total of 3,000 sexually active Egyptian males participated in this study, 946 (31.53%) reported using PDE5Is at least once, and 2054 (68.47%) have never used them. The majority of those who used PDE5Is obtained them for recreational purposes mainly for pleasure (58.35%) and to increase duration/frequency of the intercourse (15.6%). Only 26.05% used PDE5Is to treat ED. The main source of obtaining PDE5Is was friends, relatives and colleagues (62.79%); 25.16% of users obtained the drug by themselves, and 6.66% were prescribed the drug by a pharmacist. Only 5.39% of users obtained the drug after a specialist physician consultation. Sildenafil was the most commonly used PDE5I (90.6%), and most of the users (88.05%) used them in an occasional manner even in the presence of erectile dysfunction, while 11.95% used the drug in a regular manner for every intercourse. PDE5Is are frequently used by the Egyptian male population, and most of them seemed to take them as recreational medications.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Pleasure
medicine.medical_specialty
Sildenafil
Cross-sectional study
Urology
030232 urology & nephrology
Pharmacist
Sildenafil Citrate
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
Sexually active
0302 clinical medicine
Endocrinology
Erectile Dysfunction
Surveys and Questionnaires
medicine
Prevalence
Male population
Humans
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
business.industry
Penile Erection
Coitus
General Medicine
Erectile function
Middle Aged
Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors
medicine.disease
Erectile dysfunction
Cross-Sectional Studies
chemistry
Patient Satisfaction
Family medicine
Egypt
business
Specialist Physician
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14390272
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- AndrologiaREFERENCES
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b675c516d33e6b234f6f2eedd5a15bbd