ArticleThe primary care companion for CNS disorders2014
The association of anxiety with the subtypes of premature ejaculation: a chart review.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
- British Society for Sexual Medicine (BSSM) Position Statement on Premature Ejaculation.The world journal of men's health · 2025Review
- Identifying Clinical Subtypes of Premature Ejaculation: A Cross-sectional Study of Clinical and Socio-demographic Patterns.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2025Article
- A narrative review on sexual wellbeing and dysfunctions: Research in the past 15 years.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2024Review
- Association between Psychopathological Dimensions and Sexual Functioning/Sexual Arousal in Young Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Risk factors of premature ejaculation and its influence on sexual function of spouse.Basic and clinical andrology · 2021Article
- Frequency of etiological factors among patients with acquired premature ejaculation: prospective, observational, single-center study.International journal of impotence research · 2020Article
- Neurobiology of male sexual dysfunctions in psychiatric disorders: the cases of depression, anxiety, mania and schizophrenia.International journal of impotence research · 2018Review
- Attitudes of Sexual Medicine Specialists Toward Premature Ejaculation Diagnosis and Therapy.Sexual medicine · 2016Article
- The pathophysiology of acquired premature ejaculation.Translational andrology and urology · 2016Review
- The impact of ejaculatory dysfunction upon the sufferer and his partner.Translational andrology and urology · 2016Review
- Psychological burden prediction based on demographic variables among infertile men with sexual dysfunction.Asian journal of andrologyArticle
- Use of a stopwatch to measure ejaculatory latency may not be accurate among Indian patients.Indian journal of urology : IJU : journal of the Urological Society of IndiaArticle
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Abstract
objectivePremature ejaculation is one of the most common forms of male sexual dysfunction. Recent clinical and genetic evidence suggests that it can be classified into 4 subtypes, which may have distinct clinical profiles. Psychological factors, such as anxiety, may play a specific role in the acquired subtype. The objective of this study was to assess the association between psychological factors, particularly anxiety and marital disharmony, and the various subtypes of premature ejaculation.
methodThe case records of 28 men presenting with premature ejaculation to a clinic for psychosexual disorders in India between January 2012 and January 2013 were reviewed. The patients were classified into 4 subtypes (lifelong, acquired, natural variable, and premature-like ejaculatory dysfunction) and compared in terms of demographic and clinical profile.
resultsPerformance anxiety during intercourse was significantly associated with the acquired subtype of premature ejaculation (P = .011, Fisher exact test). Marital disharmony was equally common in the lifelong and acquired subtypes of premature ejaculation (P = not significant, Fisher exact test) and, in most cases, could be attributed to the distress caused by premature ejaculation itself. DISCUSSION: Our results are consistent with existing literature that shows an association between anxiety and premature ejaculation, particularly the acquired subtype. Anxiety may play a causal or perpetuating role in these patients. If replicated, such a finding would have important therapeutic implications.
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