Quality of Life Among Men with Premature Ejaculation in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh

Abstract

Background: Premature ejaculation (PE) is a common sexual disorder in male that negatively impacts their quality of life (QoL). The study aimed to evaluate the association of QoL with its four domains among patients with PE. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study conducted from November 2021 to October 2022 among patients above 18 years of age who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria of PE, attending the outpatient department of Psychiatry of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). Patients who complained of PE were questioned with the Premature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool (PEDT), and those who scored >11 in PEDT were interviewed with a Socio-Demographic Questionnaire, Bengali Version of Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale brief version (WHOQOL-BREF). Result: Among 140 participants who came for treatment of PE 122 (87.1%) had possible PE (PEDT score > 11) Among the four domains, the social relationship domain (11.23 ± 2.2) had the lowest mean score followed by psychological (12.25 ± 2.7), environmental (13.05 ± 2.22) and physical health (13.99 ± 2.6) domain. A total of 38 (31.1%) had mild, 32 (26.2%) had moderate, 11 (9%) had moderate severe and 7 (5.7%) had severe depression among the patients with PE. The study suggests that the QoL among the patients with PE is low. Illiteracy, living in a suburban area, smoking and inactive lifestyles, having previous physical illness and depression are the factors that are significantly associated with poor quality of life among the patients.