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Table 2 Prevalence of NSSE

From: Mapping the prevalence and use of questionnaires to detect the neglected sexual side effects after prostate cancer treatment: a scoping review

NSSE reported

First author/year/reference

Participant numbers/age

Time frame after intervention

Reported prevalence in the study population

Multiple

Frey, 2017 [4]

109 men (median age 71)

Three months to 5 years

24% reported anorgasmia

11% reported anejaculation

44% reported a decrease in orgasm intensity

4% reported urinary incontinence during sexual activity

40% reported an increased time needed to achieve orgasm

15% reported pain during orgasm

27% reported sensory changes in their penis

42% reported penile length shortening

12% reported an abnormal curve in the penis

Multiple

Frey, 2014 [5]

316 men (median age 64)

3–36 months

5% of the sexually active participants had reported anorgasmia

60% of the sexually active participants had reported a decrease in orgasm intensity

57% reported delayed orgasms

10% of sexually active participants had painful orgasms

38% reported urinary incontinence during sexual activity

25% reported sensory changes in their penis

47% reported a self-reported penile length loss of more than 1 cm

10% reported an abnormal curve in the penis

Orgasmic pain

Mogorovich, 2013 [25]

1288 men (median age 63)

Six months to 5 years

11% of participants reported a painful orgasm in the previous 6 months

Orgasmic pain

Matsushita, 2012 [26]

702 men (mean age 64)

6–24 months

12% of participants reported dysorgasmia

Orgasmic dysfunction

Du, 2017 [20]

415 men (median age 60)

36 months

60.2% of participants had a worse orgasmic function

Orgasmic dysfunction

Ostby-Deglum, 2016 [21]

609 men (median age 63)

Three years

78% of participants had poor ability to reach orgasm

Orgasmic dysfunction

Tewari, 2012 [22]

408 men (median age 60)

36 months

11.6% of participants under age 60 unable to achieve orgasm/17.4% over 60

Orgasmic dysfunction

Dubbelman, 2010 [23]

458 men (median age 64)

Up to 2 years

33.2% had orgasmic dysfunction afterwards with an age-related decline

Orgasmic dysfunction + pain

Salonia, 2010 [24]

334 men (median age 62)

Over 48 months

37% of participants reported complete inability to achieve orgasm, 14% of participants reported pain during orgasm

OAI/climacturia

O'Neil, 2014 [27]

412 men (mean age 62)

10–20.3 months

Climacturia was reported in 22.6% of the study group

OAI/climacturia

Manassero, 2012 [28]

Seven men (mean age 64))

One year

28.6% Climacturia reported as baseline investigations for a N/A study

OAI/climacturia

Nilsson, 2011 [29]

1261 men (median age 63)

Two years

21% of the participants had experienced orgasm-associated incontinence

Incontinence during sexual activity

Mitchell, 2011 [30]

1421 men (median age 58,4)

3–24 months

44% and 36.1% at 3 months and 24 months

Ejaculation function

Sullivan, 2013 [32]

364 men (median age 64)

Six years

72% lost the ability to ejaculate in an anterograde fashion

Ejaculatory function

Huyghe, 2009 [31]

198 men (median age 65)

36 months

18.7% had impaired ejaculatory function

Penile length shortening

Kwon, 2018 [33]

507 men (median age 59,3)

Seven days to 12 months

60.2% of the participants regained their pre-op penile length at 12 months

Penile length shortening

Kadono, 2017 [34]

102 men (median age 64,4)

Seven days to 24 months

MRI results concluded that the distal end of the membranous urethra moved proximally (mean proximal displacement of 3.9 mm) at 10 days after RP and then returned to the preoperative position at 12 months

Penile length shortening

Berookhim, 2014 [35]

118 Men (median age 58)

Baseline, 2 months, 6 months

2.4 mm difference (shortening) in stretched flaccid penis length compared to baseline, at 6 months, there was no difference compared to baseline

Penile length shortening

Parekh, 2013 [36]

948 (¾ of the participants = 60–80 years old)

Unavailable

3.73% of surgical cases had reduced penile length shortening,

0% RT cases

Penile length shortening

Carlson, 2012 [37]

1288 men (median age 64.8)

24.2 months

55% of participants had self-perceived penile length shortening.

Penile length shortening

Vasconcelos, 2012 [38]

105 men (median age 65)

3–60 months

1 cm mean penile length loss at 3 to 24 months, baseline penile length re-established at 48 months

Penile length shortening

Engel, 2011 [39]

127 men (median age 56.5)

1–11 months after

11.77 cm to 11.13 cm at 1 month after the surgery

Mean stretched penile length was not significantly different from baseline at 9, 10 and 11 months

Penile length deformity/Peyronie’s disease

Tal, 2010 [40]

1011 men (median age 60.2)

Up to 3 years

Peyronie’s disease incidence, 15.9% in RP population, developed on average at 13.9 months, mean curvature magnitude was 31°