Lim Yan Zheng Daniel, Hong Wei Jie Nicholas, How Guo Yuan, Sayampanathan Andrew Arjun, Lim Sheng Hao Joshua, Lee Meng Kam Richard, Srilatha Balasubramanian, Adaikan P Ganesan
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074.
National Healthcare Group Polyclinics, 3 Fusionopolis Link, Nexus@one-north South Tower, # 05-10, Singapore 138543.
Sex Health. 2018 Jul;15(4):376-378. doi: 10.1071/SH17225.
This study assesses the validity of a single-question screener for erectile dysfunction (ED) in men at risk in comparison to a standard validated tool - the five-item version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5). A total of 174 men with at least one risk factor for ED were studied, with 58.0% and 10.9% of the study respondents meeting the criteria for their erectile impairment by IIEF-5 and single-question screener respectively. Our results suggest that in spite of high feasibility, a simplified, single-question screener has low sensitivity in capturing ED prevalence, even in an at-risk population, within the Asian context.
本研究评估了一种针对有风险男性勃起功能障碍（ED）的单问题筛查工具与标准验证工具——国际勃起功能指数五项版（IIEF-5）相比的有效性。共对174名至少有一项ED风险因素的男性进行了研究，分别有58.0%和10.9%的研究受访者通过IIEF-5和单问题筛查工具达到勃起功能障碍标准。我们的结果表明，尽管具有高度可行性，但在亚洲背景下，一种简化的单问题筛查工具在捕捉ED患病率方面敏感性较低，即使在高危人群中也是如此。
