Frank Sommer
Germany
Research Article
Coping with Premature Ejaculation: An Online Survey in a Representative
Sample of the German Male Population Aged 18 to 64 Years
Author(s): Michael J Mathers, Markus Schoene and Frank SommerMichael J Mathers, Markus Schoene and Frank Sommer
Background: This study estimated combined prevalence of Lifelong and Acquired PE in German adult men and assessed potential risk factors and coping methods for PE. Methods: In October 2012 this online survey of a representative sample of the German male population aged 18-64 years (n=2,459) used an active pre-existing and independent online panal. Results: Prevalence of PE as a ‘sexual dysfunction’ according to the modified ISSM definition of was 3.3% (n=81), whereas the prevalence of PE as a ‘sexual complaint’ (i.e., men who estimated their time to ejaculation was occasionally very short, suffered to some extent from PE and had a lack of ejaculation control) was 14.5% (n=356). Men attributed PE predominantly to particularly high sexual arousal (75%) or a long time since the last sexual intercourse (53%), but less than one third of all men with PE (30%) conside.. View More»
