Erectile dysfunction, discrepancy between high prevalence and low utilization of treatment options: Results from the 'Cottbus Survey' with 10 000 men

BJU International

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1110-1115

  May, Matthias ^a,c   Gralla, Oliver ^b   Knoll, Nina ^b   Fenske, Stephan ^a   Spivak, Inna ^b   Rönnebeck, Claudia ^a   Hoffmann, Marga ^a   Lenk, Severin ^b   Hoschke, Bernd ^a  

^a Carl Thiem Hospital   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c CARL THIEM KLINIKUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Erectile dysfunction; Experience with therapy; Help seeking behaviour; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HYPERGLYCEMIC AGENT; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; VARDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESTYLE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 35148820703     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07101.x     Document Type: Article

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