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Jing-Ping Li1, Fei Li, Wen-Bin Guo
1Department of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China. lijingpingself@yahoo.cn
Objective:
To explore the effects of low-dose oral tadalafil on self-esteem, confidence and sexual relationship in ED patients.
Methods:
We treated 17 ED patients with oral tadalafil at the low dose of 5 mg once daily for 12 weeks, and used the paired t test to compare their scores on The Self-Esteem and Relationship Questionnaire (SEAR) and IIEF-5 and the results of nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT) obtained by nocturnal electrobioimpedance volumetric assessment (NEVA) before and after the medication.
Results:
The scores on SEAR and IIEF-5 were significantly increased (P < 0.01) and NPT markedly improved (P < 0.05) after tadalafil treatment as compared with the baseline.
Conclusion:
Low-dose oral tadalafil once daily can significantly improve the self-esteem, confidence, sexual relationship satisfaction and NPT of ED patients.
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