Objective
The present study aimed to evaluate the proposed novel tools, namely, arousal to ejaculation
time interval (AETI) and erection to ejaculation time interval (EETI), and to measure
ejaculatory latency during different types of sexual encounters in a pilot study.
Materials and Methods
The study period was from September 2016 to December 2016. After obtaining informed
consent and institutional review board approval, the medical practitioners without
any comorbidity and who volunteered to participate were asked to report their self-assessed
AETI and EETI during a sexual activity. They were also asked to opine as to whether
they consider themselves as normal ejaculators, delayed ejaculators, or premature
ejaculators. Statistical data including mean, standard deviation, and P value were obtained.
Results
The sample size was 60 with a mean age of 48.9 ± 10.8 years. A total of 48 participants
reported themselves as normal. Their mean AETIs were 624.8 ± 83.6 seconds, 700 ± 79.1
seconds, and 420 ± 57.7 seconds, and their mean EETIs were 355 ± 82.6 seconds, 442.5 ± 46.6
seconds, and 240 ± 38.6 seconds during heterosexual vaginal intercourse, masturbation,
and oral sex, respectively. Twelve participants reported premature ejaculation, and
their mean AETIs were 122 ± 11.6 seconds, 73.33 ± 11.2 seconds, and 74 ± 12.3 seconds,
and their mean EETIs were 106.7 ± 21.6 seconds, 70 ± 13.7 seconds, and 60 ± 11.8 seconds
during heterosexual vaginal intercourse, masturbation, and oral sex, respectively.
None of the participants reported themselves as delayed ejaculators. The differences
between the means were statistically significant (P ≤.0001).
Conclusion
AETI and EETI can be used to measure ejaculatory latency in different types of sexual
encounters.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: February 09, 2018
Accepted:
January 27,
2018
Received:
October 24,
2017
Footnotes
Financial Disclosure: The authors declare that they have no relevant financial interests.
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