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SynthesisInternational journal of impotence research2021

Men's beliefs about treatment for erectile dysfunction-what influences treatment use? A systematic review.

Paul Williams, Hayley McBain, Aliya Amirova, Stanton Newman, Kathleen Mulligan

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in International journal of impotence research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Paul WilliamsCentre for Health Services Research, School of Health Sciences, City, University of London, London, UK.
Hayley McBainCentre for Health Services Research, School of Health Sciences, City, University of London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6742-1104
Aliya AmirovaCentre for Health Services Research, School of Health Sciences, City, University of London, London, UK.
Stanton NewmanCentre for Health Services Research, School of Health Sciences, City, University of London, London, UK.
Kathleen MulliganCentre for Health Services Research, School of Health Sciences, City, University of London, London, UK. Kathleen.mulligan.1@city.ac.uk.
City, University of London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Successful treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) is associated with improvements in quality of life; however, treatment utilisation is sub-optimal. The aim of this systematic review was to identify the rates of ED treatment utilisation and the barriers and enablers men experience when using treatment. We searched: MEDLINE

Indexed as

Erectile DysfunctionHumansMalePhosphodiesterase 5 InhibitorsQuality of LifeSexual BehaviorSexual PartnersPhosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID32231275
OpenAlexW3007407725

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.