Table 2 Quality of Life and Sexuality with Penile Prosthesis survey scores; items were answered on a Likert scale from 0–5 and the sum, mean and standard deviation (SD) calculated.

From: Quality of life outcomes following penile prosthesis insertion in the post-ischaemic priapism setting

Domain

Item

Mean score (SD)

P-value

Functional

Device adequacy

3.5 (1.6)

0.002*

Device rapidity

4.2 (1.5)

<0.001*

Device duration of effects

4.3 (1.4)

<0.001*

Device rigidity

2.7 (1.1)

0.423

Device met expectations

3.8 (1.5)

0.007*

Relational

Frequency of orgasm

3.6 (1.5)

0.15

Frequency of sexual activity

2.8 (1.4)

0.631

Partner satisfaction

3.3 (1.6)

0.150

Couple well-being

3.5 (1.1)

0.078

Social

Contentment with life

3.6 (1.1)

0.0163*

General well-being

3.4 (1.0)

0.006*

Feeling like others

2.8 (0.8)

0.150

Personal

Desire

3.5 (1.1)

0.423

Liveliness

3.1 (1.0)

0.423

Security

3.2 (1.5)

0.078

Sexual experience

3.8 (0.9)

<0.001*

  1. Pooled mean scores are given for each domain. A two-tailed Z-test was used to determine which question items resulted in satisfactory scores (satisfactory scores Likert scale 3–5) at statistically significant levels.
  2. *denotes significant scores (p < 0.05).
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