TABLE II.
Patient Preoperative Expectations Regarding Postoperative Sexual Activity (SA), per Age Group and Sex
| Age Group |
Sex |
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| ≤60 Yr (N = 185) | 61-65 Yr (N = 171) | 66-70 Yr (N = 208) | 71-75 Yr (N = 177) | ≥76 Yr (N = 211) | P Value† | Male (N = 352) | Female (N = 600) | P Value† | |
| Preop. expectations of postop. SA* (no. of patients) | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||||
| Back to normal (n = 457) | 121 (65.4%) | 101 (59.1%) | 110 (52.9%) | 72 (40.7%) | 53 (25.1%) | 203 (57.7%) | 254 (42.3%) | ||
| Large improvement (n = 87) | 25 (13.5%) | 13 (7.6%) | 24 (11.5%) | 20 (11.3%) | 5 (2.4%) | 31 (8.8%) | 56 (9.3%) | ||
| Moderate improvement (n = 44) | 10 (5.4%) | 13 (7.6%) | 11 (5.3%) | 6 (3.4%) | 4 (1.9%) | 12 (3.4%) | 32 (5.3%) | ||
| Slight improvement (n = 17) | 4 (2.2%) | 2 (1.2%) | 2 (1.0%) | 1 (0.6%) | 8 (3.8%) | 11 (3.1%) | 6 (1.0%) | ||
| SA does not apply (n = 347) | 25 (13.5%) | 42 (24.6%) | 61 (29.3%) | 78 (44.1%) | 141 (66.8%) | 95 (27.0%) | 252 (42.0%) | ||
*
As reflected in the HSS score on SA.
†
P values for ordinal categorical variables calculated with the Armitage trend test.