Life Events, Anxiety, and Erectile Dysfunction.Life Events, Anxiety, and Erectile Dysfunction Erectile Dysfunction Definition Erectile dysfunction (ED), formerly known as impotence, is the inability to achieve or maintain an erection long enough to engage in sexual intercourse. , Dr. Mireille Bonierbale and Manon Vincent, CHU Ste. Marguerite Marguerite, for French women thus named, use Margaret Marguerite. For French women thus named, use Margaret. marguerite, in botany marguerite: see daisy. , France We studied the role of an individual's recent experience in the onset of erectile erectile /erec·tile/ (e-rek´til) capable of erection. e·rec·tile adj. 1. Of or relating to tissue capable of filling with blood and becoming rigid. 2. disorders, hypothesizing that subjects were more vulnerable to anxiety-causing difficulties for them in adapting to outside events. Our sample was a group of 26 patients suffering from secondary erectile disorders and a group of 20 control subjects. We used the Life Events Questionnaire developed by F. Amiel-Lebigre (1986) to make a list of events experienced during five years prior to the onset of erectile disorders for the patients, and during five years prior to the date at which the questionnaire was filled in for the control subjects. The subjects gave a score between 0 and 100 to each event according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. its emotional impact on them. We also measured the subjects' anxiety scores using the State Trait Anxiety Inventory State Trait Anxiety Inventory, n.pr a questionnaire form concerning the subject's current anxiety feelings based on the responses to 40 items on a frequency scale that ranges from 1—meaning not at all—to 4—indicating almost always or (Spielberger, 1983). We thought the State Trait score would reflect long-standing anxiety specific to each subject. Results showed a much greater number of life events during the year prior to the onset of erectile disorders for the patients than for the control subjects. A detailed analysis of this peak of events revealed that the most common events were those of an emotional nature and those involving a loss or bereavement Bereavement Definition Bereavement refers to the period of mourning and grief following the death of a beloved person or animal. The English word bereavement . The patients often assigned a high emotional impact score to this type of event. Results did not show higher state anxiety or trait anxiety scores for patients than for control subjects. |
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