Table 3.
Percentage of responses of men and female sexual partners to the PDQ
| Question | Baseline before treatment |
End of study (week 36) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men with PD (n = 25) | FSPs (n = 25) | Men with PD (n = 22) | FSPs (n = 22) | |
| Physical and psychological symptoms—patients reporting “severe” and “very severe” symptoms, % | ||||
| Concerns of damaging the penis | 8.0∗ | 12.0∗ | 0.0 | 9.1 |
| Trouble inserting the erect penis | 37.5 | 41.7 | 27.3 | 18.2 |
| Difficulty with some positions | 64.0 | 60.0 | 50.0 | 27.3 |
| Awkwardness with some positions | 64.0 | 48.0 | 50.0 | 22.7 |
| Discomfort with some positions | 28.0 | 32.0 | 18.2 | 13.6 |
| PDQ bother domain score—patients reporting they were “very bothered” or “extremely bothered,” % | ||||
| Last time you or your partner looked at your erect penis | 52.0 | 12.0† | 31.8 | 9.1† |
| Last time vaginal intercourse was bothered by PD | 52.0 | 28.0 | 22.7 | 13.6† |
| Bothered by less frequent vaginal intercourse | 52.0 | 36.0 | 31.8 | 18.2 |
FSPs = female sexual partners; PD = Peyronie's disease; PDQ = Peyronie's Disease Questionnaire.
∗
Responses reflect “severe” answers; there were no responses for the “very severe” category.
†
Responses reflect “very bothered” answers; there were no responses for the “extremely bothered” category.