TY - JOUR
T1 - A population analysis of delayed ejaculation using a claims database
T2 - characteristics and national trends in prevalence, incidence, and pharmacotherapy
AU - Liao, Brian
AU - Able, Corey
AU - Banner, Steven
AU - An, Clemens
AU - Nasrallah, Ali A.
AU - Vu, Kevin
AU - Sonstein, Joseph
AU - Alzweri, Laith
AU - Kohn, Taylor P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - We investigated the prevalence, incidence, and rates of pharmacological treatment of delayed ejaculation using the TriNetX Diamond Network. We included all men evaluated in the inpatient, outpatient, and emergency settings. Prevalence was determined by comparing the number of men diagnosed with delayed ejaculation to the entire population. Incidence was determined by comparing the number of men diagnosed with delayed ejaculation without a prior diagnosis to the overall population without a prior diagnosis. Rates of pharmacologic treatment were calculated by comparing the number of men who received a prescription to the total number of men with delayed ejaculation. Trends in prevalence and incidence were compared using six-month intervals, while trends in pharmacologic treatment were compared using one-year intervals. A total of 23,164 adult males were diagnosed with delayed ejaculation from 2013 to 2019. During the final six-month interval (July to December 2019), 2,747 of 16,496,744 men received a delayed ejaculation diagnosis, and 1,375 of 16,488,270 men without a prior diagnosis were diagnosed with delayed ejaculation. In 2019, only 916 of 4,733 (19.4%) men diagnosed with delayed ejaculation received any prescription, with the most common being testosterone (9.5%), bupropion (6.6%), and buspirone (2.3%). Prevalence, incidence and pharmacologic treatment all had increasing trends.
AB - We investigated the prevalence, incidence, and rates of pharmacological treatment of delayed ejaculation using the TriNetX Diamond Network. We included all men evaluated in the inpatient, outpatient, and emergency settings. Prevalence was determined by comparing the number of men diagnosed with delayed ejaculation to the entire population. Incidence was determined by comparing the number of men diagnosed with delayed ejaculation without a prior diagnosis to the overall population without a prior diagnosis. Rates of pharmacologic treatment were calculated by comparing the number of men who received a prescription to the total number of men with delayed ejaculation. Trends in prevalence and incidence were compared using six-month intervals, while trends in pharmacologic treatment were compared using one-year intervals. A total of 23,164 adult males were diagnosed with delayed ejaculation from 2013 to 2019. During the final six-month interval (July to December 2019), 2,747 of 16,496,744 men received a delayed ejaculation diagnosis, and 1,375 of 16,488,270 men without a prior diagnosis were diagnosed with delayed ejaculation. In 2019, only 916 of 4,733 (19.4%) men diagnosed with delayed ejaculation received any prescription, with the most common being testosterone (9.5%), bupropion (6.6%), and buspirone (2.3%). Prevalence, incidence and pharmacologic treatment all had increasing trends.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41443-024-00937-z
DO - 10.1038/s41443-024-00937-z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85197783801
SN - 0955-9930
JO - International Journal of Impotence Research
JF - International Journal of Impotence Research
ER -