Table 6.

Prevalence of Symptoms Related to Vasectomy.

Question Regarding Symptom	Evaluation Tool	Symptomatic	Asymptomatic	Symptom prevalence	Symptomatic Men With vasectomy
Psychological symptom
Irritability (feeling aggressive, easily upset about little things, moody)	AMS	Moderate, Severe or Extremely severe	None or mild	13.9%	1.27 (0.96, 1.69)
Nervousness (inner tension, restlessness, feeling fidgety)	AMS	Moderate, Severe or Extremely severe	None or mild	15.6%	1.16 (0.84, 1.61)
Anxiety (feeling panicky)	AMS	Moderate, Severe or Extremely severe	None or mild	7.3%	1.13 (0.78, 1.66)
Depressive mood (feeling down, sad, on verge of tears, lack of drive, mood swings, feeling nothing is of any use)	AMS	Moderate, Severe or Extremely severe	None or mild	9.2%	1.02 (0.72, 1.44)
Feeling burnt out, having hit rock-bottom	AMS	Moderate, Severe or Extremely severe	None or mild	11.7%	1.00 (0.73, 1.37)
Role emotional
Cut down the amount of time you spent on work or other activities	SF-36	no	yes	23.8%	0.73 (0.58, 0.91)
Accomplished less than you would like	SF-36	no	yes	25.4%	0.72 (0.58, 0.90)
Didn’t do work or other activities as carefully as usual	SF-36	no	yes	26.1%	0.73 (0.58, 0.91)
Mental health
Have you been a very nervous person?	SF-36	All or most of the time	Sometimes, a little, or none of the time	46.8%	1.03 (0.84, 1.27)
Have you felt so down in the dumps that nothing could cheer you up?	SF-36	All or most of the time	Sometimes, a little, or none of the time	62.6%	1.17 (0.95, 1.44)
Have you felt calm and peaceful?	SF-36	All or most of the time	Sometimes, a little, or none of the time	9.8%	0.84 (0.60, 1.16)
Have you felt downhearted and blue?	SF-36	All or most of the time	Sometimes, a little, or none of the time	60.9%	1.00 (0.81, 1.24)
Have you been a happy person?	SF-36	Sometimes, a little, or none of the time	All or most of the time	10.0%	1.18 (0.85, 1.64)