Impact of Premature Ejaculation: The Psychological, Quality of Life, and Sexual Relationship Consequences

PE significantly negatively impacts men and their partners and may prevent single men forming new partner relationships. Men are reluctant to seek treatment from their physicians, although they may be more encouraged to do so through their partner's support and the availability of effective treatments. There is a need for validated diagnostic screening criteria and validated, reliable, brief patient-reported outcome measures that can be used to assess men with PE and their partners. These factors would allow further studies with more complete and accurate assessment of the impact of PE. Rosen RC, and Althof S. Impact of premature ejaculation: The psychological, quality of life and sexual relationship consequences.