Symptomatic change in Japanese hypogonadal patients several years after androgen replacement therapy

Figures & data

Table I. Our original questionnaire.

How do you feel your health status compared with under treatment? (Better, No change, Worse)

Do you want to be treated with ART if you need in future? (Yes, No)

If you chose ‘No’, what is the reason you don’t want to be treated any more? (you can choose as many numbers as you want)

(…) I don’t have any aging male’s symptom

(…) I’m not feel up to go to hospital

(…) I’m not sure the treatment was effective

(…) I have the problem of cost of medical care

(…) For various other reasons

Table II. Results of our original questionnaires.

What is the reason you don’t want to be treated anymore?	(%)
I don’t have any aging male’s symptom	38.4
I’m not feel up to go to hospital	30.7
I’m not sure the treatment was effective	23
I have the problem of cost of medical care	15
For various other reasons	15
	N = 13

Figure 1. Results of our original questionnaires. (a) How do you feel your health status is compared with that under treatment? (b) Do you want to be treated with ART if needed in the future?

Figure 2. AMS scores were significantly improved after androgen replacement therapy (ART), and remained unchanged for a long period of time after discontinuation of ART. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01, Wilcoxon t-test.

Figure 3. IIEF scores also significantly improved with androgen replacement therapy (ART), and remained unchanged for a long period of time after discontinuation of ART. *p < 0.05, Wilcoxon t-test.

Figure 4. Changes in Short-Form 36-item (SF-36) scores. Prior to ART, the subcategory scores were all lower than those in healthy Japanese men. Except for the RP and SF subcategory scores, all scores were significantly improved during ART, and remained unchanged for a long period of time after discontinuation of ART. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01, Wilcoxon t-test. PF: physical functioning, RP: role-physical, RE: role-emotional, SF: social functioning, MH: mental health, BP: bodily pain, VT: vitality, GH: general health.