Quality of life, mood, and sexual function: A path analytic model of treatment effects in men with erectile dysfunction and depressive symptoms

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 334-340

  Rosen, R C ^a   Seidman, S N ^b   Menza, M A ^a   Shabsigh, R ^b   Roose, S P ^c   Tseng, L J ^d   Orazem, J ^d   Siegel, R L ^d  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Oral vasoactive agents; Pharmacologic studies in sexual function

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644359937     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901197     Document Type: Article

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