caa a22 4500 477085075 CHVBK 20180405111501.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00449919 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00449919 Cross-cultural development of a quality of life measure for men with erection difficulties [Elektronische Daten] [T. Wagner, D. Patrick, S. McKenna, P. Froese] Erection difficulties have a profound effect on a man's quality of life, however, the emotional consequences are often overlooked in quantitative research where most sex-related questionnaires focus on a man's functional ability. Consequently, we developed a cross-cultural instrument to measure quality of life specific to male erection difficulties (QOL-MED). The items in the QOL-MED originated from interviewing forty men with erection difficulties in Seattle and Boston. Twelve men in the USA and 29 men in England helped us refine the instrument. Testing the QOL-MED's psychometric properties involved two administrations over a two-week period in the USA (n=40) and the UK (n=29). For discriminant validity, we predicted quality of life would worsen with increased self-perceived severity of the condition. After controlling for years with erection difficulties in a linear regression model, we found a significant negative association between self-perceived severity and quality of life for men in the UK only (p<0.01). The expectation that the measure would produce evidence for convergent validity by being more closely correlated to well-being than functional status was not confirmed. Both the USA and UK instruments were internally consistent (Cronbach's α=0.94 and 0.96, respectively), and reproducible (0.78 and 0.95, respectively). This instrument provides a promising tool for studying therapies and understanding quality of life in patients with erectile dysfunction. Rapid Science Publishers, 1996 Erectile dysfunction nationallicence health status indexes nationallicence quality of life nationallicence Wagner T. Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA aut Patrick D. Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA aut McKenna S. Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA aut Froese P. Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA aut Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/4(1996-08-01), 443-449 0962-9343 5:4<443 1996 5 11136 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00449919 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00449919 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wagner T. Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Patrick D. Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McKenna S. Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Froese P. Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/4(1996-08-01), 443-449 0962-9343 5:4<443 1996 5 11136 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer