Physicians' knowledge and attitude to erectile dysfunction / 中华男科学杂志
National Journal of Andrology
;
(12): 181-185, 2002.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-287253
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVES</b>The physicians knowledge and attitude to erectile dysfunction (ED) is very important to the diagnosis and management of this disease. We investigated the physicians and practitioners knowledge of ED, attitude to ED, and if they actively find the underlying ED patients.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Three hundreds and one physicians and practitioners in Beijing completed a questionnaire. The subjects included urologists, cardiologists, endocrinologists, surgeons, orthopaedicians and community practitioners.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The definition of ED was well known by most subjects (83.4%). Many agreed that ED was a common condition in the aging men (85.0%), and it was an important health problem (78.7%) and it was the local signs of certain systemic diseases (89.7%). The most common risk factors of ED enumerated by the physicians were diabetes (45.5%), hypertension (12.6%) and coronary artery diseases (12.0%). 45.5% physicians met the patients who initiated questions about ED. 32.6% physicians would discuss ED with the patients if the patients initiate questions about ED. 95.0% non-urological physicians would refer the ED patients to urologists or andrologists. 43.5% of all the physicians never asked their patients about erectile function, this proportions in the subgroups of urologists, non-urological physicians and community practitioners were 7.2%, 55.3% and 60.5% respectively (P < 0.01). The most common reasons for the physicians not to initiate the inquiries about ED was "the patients would not have ED if they didnt complain about it" (42.2%), "there was no ED patients in my specialty" (20.9%), "diagnosis and treatment of ED was not my business" (17.3%), "have no time" (15.6%), "feel embarrassed" (13.6%).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Most physicians regarded ED as an important health problem and a common condition in aging men, but they didnt take an active attitude to ED in their clinical practice.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Physicians
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Psychology
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Aging
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Attitude of Health Personnel
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China
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Epidemiology
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Risk Factors
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Knowledge
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Education, Medical
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Erectile Dysfunction
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
National Journal of Andrology
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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