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Demographics and sexual characteristics of sex-enhancing medication users: Study of a web-based cross-sectional sample of sexually active men

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the frequency of sex-enhancing medications (S-EM) use and to investigate the demographics and sexual characteristics of the S-EM users amongst a Saudi Arabian male population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional sample of 1176 Saudi Arabian men was recruited using a web-b...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Abul-Fotouh, Alshahrani, Saad, Morgan, Anthony, Gabr, Ahmed H., Abdel-Razik, Mohamed, Daoud, Abdallah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5717462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29234542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aju.2017.09.003
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author Ahmed, Abul-Fotouh
Alshahrani, Saad
Morgan, Anthony
Gabr, Ahmed H.
Abdel-Razik, Mohamed
Daoud, Abdallah
author_facet Ahmed, Abul-Fotouh
Alshahrani, Saad
Morgan, Anthony
Gabr, Ahmed H.
Abdel-Razik, Mohamed
Daoud, Abdallah
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description OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the frequency of sex-enhancing medications (S-EM) use and to investigate the demographics and sexual characteristics of the S-EM users amongst a Saudi Arabian male population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional sample of 1176 Saudi Arabian men was recruited using a web-based survey between 1 January and 1 April 2015. The survey included multiple open and closed questions to assess the frequency of S-EM use; and demographics, clinical, and sexual characteristics of S-EM users, as well as their perceptions of S-EM. RESULTS: Amongst the participants, 1008 were sexually active and included in the data analysis. Of the sexually active participants, 402 (39.9%) reported S-EM use in the form of herbal or phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors at some time in their lives. Comparing S-EM users with S-EM non-users, the S-EM users had a number of demographic and sexual characteristics including: higher education level, higher income, smoking, more than one sexual partner, longer sexual activity duration, higher frequency of sexual intercourse, and lower sexual satisfaction level. Most of the S-EM users (82.1%) bought S-EM without a medical prescription and 62.5% had used them recreationally. In all, 52% of respondents used S-EM to treat ED and 69% of those who used it recreationally reported enhancement of erection with S-EM usage. CONCLUSIONS: Demographic and sexual characteristics of S-EM users and the attitude of the users towards the S-EM were identified amongst a Saudi Arabian male population.
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spelling pubmed-57174622017-12-11 Demographics and sexual characteristics of sex-enhancing medication users: Study of a web-based cross-sectional sample of sexually active men Ahmed, Abul-Fotouh Alshahrani, Saad Morgan, Anthony Gabr, Ahmed H. Abdel-Razik, Mohamed Daoud, Abdallah Arab J Urol Andrology/Sexual Medicine OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the frequency of sex-enhancing medications (S-EM) use and to investigate the demographics and sexual characteristics of the S-EM users amongst a Saudi Arabian male population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional sample of 1176 Saudi Arabian men was recruited using a web-based survey between 1 January and 1 April 2015. The survey included multiple open and closed questions to assess the frequency of S-EM use; and demographics, clinical, and sexual characteristics of S-EM users, as well as their perceptions of S-EM. RESULTS: Amongst the participants, 1008 were sexually active and included in the data analysis. Of the sexually active participants, 402 (39.9%) reported S-EM use in the form of herbal or phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors at some time in their lives. Comparing S-EM users with S-EM non-users, the S-EM users had a number of demographic and sexual characteristics including: higher education level, higher income, smoking, more than one sexual partner, longer sexual activity duration, higher frequency of sexual intercourse, and lower sexual satisfaction level. Most of the S-EM users (82.1%) bought S-EM without a medical prescription and 62.5% had used them recreationally. In all, 52% of respondents used S-EM to treat ED and 69% of those who used it recreationally reported enhancement of erection with S-EM usage. CONCLUSIONS: Demographic and sexual characteristics of S-EM users and the attitude of the users towards the S-EM were identified amongst a Saudi Arabian male population. Elsevier 2017-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5717462/ /pubmed/29234542 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aju.2017.09.003 Text en © 2017 Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Arab Association of Urology. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Andrology/Sexual Medicine
Ahmed, Abul-Fotouh
Alshahrani, Saad
Morgan, Anthony
Gabr, Ahmed H.
Abdel-Razik, Mohamed
Daoud, Abdallah
Demographics and sexual characteristics of sex-enhancing medication users: Study of a web-based cross-sectional sample of sexually active men
title Demographics and sexual characteristics of sex-enhancing medication users: Study of a web-based cross-sectional sample of sexually active men
title_full Demographics and sexual characteristics of sex-enhancing medication users: Study of a web-based cross-sectional sample of sexually active men
title_fullStr Demographics and sexual characteristics of sex-enhancing medication users: Study of a web-based cross-sectional sample of sexually active men
title_full_unstemmed Demographics and sexual characteristics of sex-enhancing medication users: Study of a web-based cross-sectional sample of sexually active men
title_short Demographics and sexual characteristics of sex-enhancing medication users: Study of a web-based cross-sectional sample of sexually active men
title_sort demographics and sexual characteristics of sex-enhancing medication users: study of a web-based cross-sectional sample of sexually active men
topic Andrology/Sexual Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5717462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29234542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aju.2017.09.003
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