Of 207 men who met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition, text revision criteria 89 had an intravaginal ejaculatory latency time of 2 minutes or less. Lower levels of sexual functioning and satisfaction, and higher levels of personal distress and interpersonal difficulty were reported by men with premature ejaculation and their partners. In addition, men with premature ejaculation rated their overall quality of life lower than that of men without premature ejaculation. Consequently premature ejaculation has a significant psychological burden on men, their partners and the male/partner relationship.
Neither self-estimated nor stopwatch measured intravaginal ejaculatory latency time alone was optimal for assigning premature ejaculation status. Subject and partner responses to single item measures, particularly control over ejaculation and personal distress, were important. Results suggest that a combination of estimated intravaginal ejaculatory latency time and the 4 single item patient reported outcome measures can adequately identify premature ejaculation status.
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