Table 3 Quality of Life and Sexuality with Penile Prosthesis survey scores with comparison of mean and standard deviation by prosthesis sub-type (malleable vs inflatable).

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

  

Mean score (SD)

 

Domain

Item

IPP

MPP

P-value

Functional

Device adequacy

3.9 (1.4)

3 (1.7)

0.125

Device rapidity

4.3 (1.1)

4.1 (2.1)

0.658

Device duration of effects

4.5 (1.3)

4.2 (1.9)

0.584

Device rigidity

3 (1.1)

2.9 (1.3)

0.746

Device met expectations

4 (1.3)

4 (1.8)

1.000

Relational

Frequency of orgasm

3.2 (1.3)

2.9 (1.4)

0.486

Frequency of sexual activity

3 (1.1)

2.9 (1.3)

0.746

Partner satisfaction

3.6 (1.8)

2.9 (1.8)

0.342

Couple well-being

3.7 (1.7)

3.2 (1.2)

0.384

Social

Contentment with life

3.8 (1.2)

3.5 (1)

0.412

General well-being

3.5 (1.1)

3.2 (1)

0.479

Feeling like others

2.9 (0.7)

2.8 (0.9)

0.650

Personal

Desire

4 (0.8)

3.6 (1.1)

0.285

Liveliness

3.3 (0.9)

3.1 (1)

0.542

Security

3.1 (1.7)

3.3 (1.4)

0.830

Sexual experience

3.6 (1)

3.3 (0.9)

0.417

  1. A two-tailed T-test was used to determine statistically significant differences (p < 0.05). (There were no statistically significant differences).
  2. IPP inflatable penile prosthesis, MPP malleable penile prosthesis.