Prevalence and Predictors of Sexual Problems in Men Aged 75-95 Years: A Population-Based Study

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 442-453

  Hyde, Zoë ^a,b   Flicker, Leon ^a,b   Hankey, Graeme J ^b,c   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a,c,d   McCaul, Kieran A ^a,b   Chubb, S A Paul ^b,e   Yeap, Bu B ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Hypogonadism; Men; Sexual dysfunction; Testosterone; Testosterone replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELDERLY CARE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84856558773     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02565.x     Document Type: Article

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