Help-seeking interval in erectile dysfunction: Analysis of attitudes, beliefs, and factors affecting treatment-seeking interval in Turkish men with previously untreated erectile dysfunction

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 624-628

  Gülpinar, Ömer ^a   Haliloǧlu, Ahmet H ^b   Abdulmajed, Mohamed Ismat ^a   Boǧa, Mehmet Salih ^b   Yaman, Önder ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b University of Ufuk   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ed; Sexual behavior; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EMBARRASSMENT; EMOTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH BELIEF; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TURKEY;

EID: 84866387590     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.013946     Document Type: Article

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