Table 1.

Measurements of central variables of the study

Measurement	scales	Item#	Item example	Items’ response range	Chronbach’s Alpha
Depressive symptoms	Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D; Radloff, 1977)	11	“ I felt sad”	rarely (0) to most of the time (3)	.88
Sexual dysfunction	Sexual Adjustment Questionnaire (SAQ; Waterhouse, 1986)	3	“ were you able to get and keep an erection when sexually excited”	not at all (1) to very much (5)	.67
Sexual bother	Sexual Adjustment Questionnaire (SAQ; Waterhouse, 1986)	1	“how bothersome sexual problems have been”	not at all (1) to very much (5)	--
Urinary dysfunction	The American Urological Association symptom index (AUA; Barry et al., 1992)	3	“had frequent day time urination been a problem”	not at all (1) to very much (5)	.73
Urinary bother	The American Urological Association symptom index (AUA; Barry et al., 1992)	1	“how bothersome problems with urination have been”	not at all (1) to very much (5)	--
Urinary–related activity limitation	The American Urological Association symptom index (AUA; Barry et al., 1992)	1	“have urinary problems e kept you from doing things”	not at all (1) to very much (5)	--