Men’s views on causes and consequences of erectile dysfunction or premature ejaculation in a primary care population: a qualitative study

Figures & data

Table 1. Participants’ characteristics.

No	ED/PE^a	L/A^b	Age	Other comorbidities and medications	Steady partner^c	Occupation
1	ED		25	Herpes simplex in eye/Valaciclovir	Yes	Student
2	ED		22	Acne/Isotretionin	Yes	Student
3	ED		21	0	Yes	Student, employed
4	ED		21	0	Yes	Student, employed
5	PE	A	31	Benign vertigo, back pain. Previous depression	Yes	Employed
6	PE	A	30	ED, ADHD	No	Employed
7	ED		26	0	No	Student, employed
8	ED		24	Previous Tick Born Encephalitis and pneumonia	No	Student
9	ED		30	0	Yes	Employed
10	PE	A	23	ED, gastric hernia/Omeprazole or Gaviscon	Yes	Student, employed
11	ED		20	0	No	Student
12	PE	L	28	ED	No	Employed
13	ED		23	0	No	Student
14	ED		28	Migraine rarely Allergy/Antihistamine	Yes	Employed
15	PE	L	27	ADHD	Yes	Student, employed
16	PE	L	65	Cardiovascular disease/Metoprolol, Acetylsalicylic acid, Rosuvastatin, Ezetimibe, Candesartan	Yes	Retired
17	PE	L	41	0	Yes	Employed
18	PE	L	22	0	Yes	0

^a ED/PE: Erectile dysfunction/Premature ejaculation.

^b L/A : Lifelong/Acquired.^c)One single partner only.

Figure 1. Interview guide.

Figure 2. Diagnostic tools [3,11,34].

Table 2. Summary of themes, categories and subcategories that emerged in the qualitative analysis of interviews about erectile dysfunction (ED) and premature ejaculation (PE).

Theme	Category	Subcategory
Striving to understand and deal with the problem	Reasons for seeking health care	Exclusion of physical illness Seeking help with medication or counselling
	Own perceptions/images about the problem and its cause	Feelings of embarrassment and inadequacy Changing lifestyle factors (only for ED) Pornography/sex restrictions (only for ED)
	Experienced consequences on sex life	Avoidant behaviour Effects of sexual desire Specific sexual activities (only for PE)
	Relationship qualities	Saving important relations Relationship significance

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