Perception on Partial Androgen Deficiency and Erectile Dysfunction Status among the Aging Male Population in Maha Sarakham Province

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to examine 339 subjects as an aging male group.Their age’s were between 40-60 year old and all lived in Mahasarakham Province. stratified with simple random sampling. All 339 subjects were investigated by using modified Sexual Health Inventory for Men (SHIM) of International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF5) a 5-Years Review of Research and Clinical Experience or (SHIM-IIEF5) questionnaire to reveal the self perception on partial androgen deficiency in aging male and erectile dysfunction status during May to June 2007. The findings show that most of them were not self perceiving for partial androgen deficiency as physical, vasomotor, sexual health and psychological symptom which are 62.18%, 81.12%, 90.27% and 57.82% respectively. The erectile dysfunction status among these subjects was 60.16%. This investigation also found that the only relationship between risk behavior and self perception on partial androgen deficiency in aging males was coffee drinking. Smoking, alcohol-drinking and drug abuse do not have a significant physical symptom relationship with subjects who perceiving for erectile dysfunction.