PMID- 21651577
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120426
LR  - 20120109
IS  - 1365-2605 (Electronic)
IS  - 0105-6263 (Linking)
VI  - 35
IP  - 1
DP  - 2012 Feb
TI  - Premature ejaculation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
PG  - 74-8
LID - 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2011.01180.x [doi]
AB  - We aimed to evaluate the premature ejaculation (PE) among ankylosing spondylitis 
      (AS) patients. Fifty male patients with AS who were diagnosed according to the 
      modified New York criteria and fifty normal healthy controls (NHC) were included 
      in this study. The details of patient age, disease duration, morning stiffness, 
      laboratory activity, disease severity and medication use were obtained by 
      reviewing the medical record. The Bath AS Functional Index (BASFI) was used to 
      measure the functional status of the patients with AS. By taking a careful 
      medical and sexual history, patients were classified as lifelong, natural 
      variable, acquired PE or premature ejaculatory dysfunction. In addition to 
      medical and sexual history, self-estimated intravaginal ejaculatory latency times 
      (IELT) of patients were used in the classification of patients. To our knowledge, 
      this is the first study of frequency of PE in men with AS. The prevalence rates 
      of PE in patient and healthy controls were 32 and 30%, respectively (p = 0.331). 
      The prevalence of PE was not significantly different between AS patients and NHC 
      groups as regards the four PE syndromes. Average estimated IELT was 10,009 +/- 51.9 
      sec in the PE group and 145.26 +/- 43.01 sec in the non-PE group (p = 0.000). 
      Patients with lifelong PE had a significantly lower mean estimated IELT than the 
      other group (p = 0.000). Patients with premature-like ejaculatory dysfunction had 
      the highest estimated IELT (p = 0.000). There was a significant association 
      between self-estimated IELT and distribution of the patients according to the 
      four PE syndromes (p = 0.01). Both AS patients and NHC groups have the same 
      results. The present study demonstrates that PE in men with AS is as prevalent as 
      it is in the general population. Although this study is restricted in terms of 
      the number of patients, it is the first study ever conducted. For more meaningful 
      results, multi centred studies with more patients are required.
CI  - (c) 2011 The Authors. International Journal of Andrology (c) 2011 European Academy of 
      Andrology.
FAU - Tarhan, F
AU  - Tarhan F
AD  - Department of Rheumatology, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, 
      Turkey.
FAU - Tarhan, H
AU  - Tarhan H
FAU - Karaogullarindan, U
AU  - Karaogullarindan U
FAU - Can, E
AU  - Can E
FAU - Divrik, T
AU  - Divrik T
FAU - Zorlu, F
AU  - Zorlu F
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20110609
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Androl
JT  - International journal of andrology
JID - 8000141
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Case-Control Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological/*complications
MH  - Spondylitis, Ankylosing/*complications
EDAT- 2011/06/10 06:00
MHDA- 2012/04/27 06:00
CRDT- 2011/06/10 06:00
PHST- 2011/06/10 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/06/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/04/27 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2011.01180.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Androl. 2012 Feb;35(1):74-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2011.01180.x. Epub 
      2011 Jun 9.