The Assessment of Sexual Function in Men Who Visited Health Screening Center: a Study Using the Korean Version of IIEF (International Index of Erectile Function) Questionnaire

Lee, Jun Young; Moon, Ki Hak; Park, Tong Choon

Abstract

PURPOSE: In contrast to previous numerous foreign surveys of epidemiology for sexual dysfunction, only few studies have been reported in our country. This study tried to show the frequencies of sexual dysfunction and objective measure of sexual function using the Korean version IIEF questionnaire.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
This study analyzed the answers of 600 men (20-79 years, mean 44.7+/- 0.42 years) who visited health screening center were included. Through the analysis of the survey, the overall frequencies of sexual dysfunction, frequencies of sexual dysfunction by the age decades, in diabetic patients and hypertensive patients, and by alcohol drinking and smoking were obtained.
RESULTS
The overall frequencies of sexual dysfunction were 53.3% in erectile function (EF), 80.5% in sexual intercourse satisfaction (IS), 50.5% in orgasmic function (OF), 90.2% in sexual desire (SD), and 84.7% in overall satisfaction (OS). The frequencies of sexual dysfunction in diabetic patients were 93.1% in EF, 96.6% in IS, 79.3% in OF, 96.6% in SD, and 96.6% in OS. In hypertensive patients, the frequencies of sexual dysfunction in EF, SD, OS had high proportion (63.0%, 96.3%, 96.3%, respectively) than control group.
CONCLUSIONS
This study proved that the assessment method of sexual function using the Korean version of IIEF Questionnaire is a relatively convenient and effective method which can show objective scores of sexual function. It also showed higher frequencies of sexual dysfunction in comparison to the results of previous reports. And, age, chronic diseases such as, diabetes mellitus and hypertension were considered as the associated factors on sexual dysfunction in this study.