Alshahrani Saad, Ahmed Abul-Fotouh, Gabr Ahmed H, Al Ansari Ahmed, El-Feky Mohamed, Elbadry Mohamed S
Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia; Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Arab J Urol. 2016 May 5;14(2):94-100. doi: 10.1016/j.aju.2016.03.003. eCollection 2016 Jun.
To identify the criteria of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor (PDE5i) users and to analyse the knowledge, attitude, and practices of PDE5i use amongst Saudi men.
A web-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted in Saudi Arabia between January and April 2015. Sexually active adult men were interviewed using a website questionnaire designed by the authors. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data.
In all, 1008 men participated in the survey with 378 (37.5%) reporting use of PDE5i. Of those using PDE5i, 144 (38.1%) reported erectile dysfunction and 234 (61.9%) reported normal erection (recreational users). We found several demographic features, including high education level, health field occupation, high income, smoking, and increased frequency of sexual intercourse amongst the PDE5i users. Most of the PDE5i users (92.3%) had knowledge about PDE5i and 84.1% of them bought it without medical prescription. The most commonly used PDE5i was tadalafil (46.1%) and most of the users (79.9%) reported improvement in their sexual activity after PDE5i usage. Amongst the recreational users, the main reasons for PDE5i usage were curiosity (38.5%) and improving self-confidence (25.6%). Of them, 69.2% reported benefits from PDE5i usage, mainly in the form of enhancement of erection (36.7%) and increasing erection duration (31.2%).
PDE5i use appears to be frequent in Saudi Arabia. Most of the users had knowledge about PDE5i and claimed to get benefits from it, even if used as a recreational drug.
确定5型磷酸二酯酶抑制剂（PDE5i）使用者的标准，并分析沙特男性使用PDE5i的知识、态度和行为。
2015年1月至4月在沙特阿拉伯进行了一项基于网络的横断面调查。对性活跃的成年男性使用作者设计的网站问卷进行访谈。采用描述性统计分析数据。
共有1008名男性参与调查，其中378名（37.5%）报告使用过PDE5i。在使用PDE5i的人群中，144名（38.1%）报告有勃起功能障碍，234名（61.9%）报告勃起功能正常（娱乐性使用者）。我们发现了一些人口统计学特征，包括高学历、卫生领域职业、高收入、吸烟以及PDE5i使用者中性交频率增加。大多数PDE5i使用者（92.3%）了解PDE5i，其中84.1%在没有医生处方的情况下购买。最常用的PDE5i是他达拉非（46.1%），大多数使用者（79.9%）报告使用PDE5i后性活动有所改善。在娱乐性使用者中，使用PDE5i的主要原因是好奇（38.5%）和增强自信心（25.6%）。其中，69.2%报告使用PDE5i有好处，主要表现为勃起增强（36.7%）和勃起持续时间延长（31.2%）。
在沙特阿拉伯，PDE5i的使用似乎很频繁。大多数使用者了解PDE5i，并声称从中受益，即使是作为娱乐性药物使用。
