CHARACTERIZATION OF PATIENTS IN A MEDICAL ENDOCRINE-BASED CENTER FOR MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION

Objective: To characterize the patient population in a multidisciplinary sexual dysfunction clinic whose focal person is an endocrinologist and to summarize the initial manifestations, the demographics of the study group, and their associated medical conditions. Methods: We undertook a retrospective analysis of the medical records of all new consultations in a center for sexual function during a recent 2-year period. Results: During the period from July 1995 to July 1997, 1,050 men were seen in new consultations for sexual dysfunction at our medical facility, and complete medical records could be retrieved for 990 of them. Of the overall study group of 990 men, most (93.2%) had erectile dysfunction (versus libido or ejaculatory problems), but combinations of problems were common. Most men had organic causes of their sexual dysfunction that correlated with increasing age; however, their dysfunction was more often the result of chronic medical conditions than of advancing age itself. Most men were married (...