Brief Summary

Many male patients complain about their ejaculation: 21-30% of men aged between 18 and 59 have admitted suffering from a decrease in, or loss of control of, their ejaculation. The quality of life of patients and their partners is impaired compared to men not suffering from premature ejaculation. Economically, the impact of the disease are significant. In the year preceding the detection of premature ejaculation patients visit twice their physician. The majority of men interviewed anonymously, in their General Practitioner's ( GP's) waiting room, considered it important to talk with their GP about their sexual concerns. Almost half of them preferred that their GP initiate any discussions about sexuality. More than two thirds of the respondents would have liked their GP to signal his or her open-mindedness by directly addressing sexual topics during the consultation. In 2008 a qualitative study brought to the fore the strategies used by GPs to initiate the discussion on premature ejaculation . GPs who mentioned premature ejaculation with their patient described three attitude-related strategies and three investigative strategies.

Trial Health

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Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment

132

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable

Timeline

Completed

Started Apr 2016

Typical duration for not_applicable

Geographic Reach

1 country

23 active sites

Status

terminated

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

2 years study duration

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

February 3, 2015

Completed

29 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

March 4, 2015

Completed

1.1 years until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

April 22, 2016

Completed

2 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

April 22, 2018

Completed

Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

April 22, 2018

Completed

Last Updated

October 19, 2020

Status Verified

October 1, 2020

Enrollment Period

2 years

First QC Date

February 3, 2015

Last Update Submit

October 15, 2020

Conditions

Premature Ejaculation

Keywords

Premature ejaculationgeneral practicesexual dysfunction

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

The impact of training general practitioners in communication skills
The impact of training general practitioners in communication skills on the rate of patients bringing up the topic of premature ejaculation with their GP. To measure the proportions of patients bringing up the topic of premature ejaculation with their GP, the GPs in the two groups were asked to fill in a questionnaire after the consultation on whether the topics tackled were genital, urinary or psychological. The aim of detailing the different topics broached was to avoid contamination bias in the control group.
Day 0 - 4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

Evaluation of quality of life
Day 0 - 4 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Interventional GP : GP trainned in communication skills

OTHER

The subjects have to answer to the questionary SF12 on pre and post consultation to evaluate the quality of life. He must so answer to the questionary PEDT. Then the interventional GP group must use one of the six strategies to approach the subject of premature ejaculation. There three strategies of attitude (Total attention, Humour, Take the drama out) and three investigative strategies (Question about premature ejaculation, Symptoms of premature ejaculation, Help to verbalize).

Other: Questionary SF12 and PEDT (Premature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool)Other: Total attentionOther: HumourOther: Take the drama outOther: Question about premature ejaculationOther: Symptoms of premature ejaculationOther: Help to verbalize

Usual care : GP did not trainnd in communication skills

OTHER

The subjects have to answer to the questionary SF12 on pre and post consultation to evaluate the quality of life. He must so answer to the questionary PEDT. This classical GP group make a classical consultation like each day without use any strategies to speak about

Other: Questionary SF12 and PEDT (Premature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool)

Interventions

Questionary SF12 and PEDT (Premature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool)OTHER

The SF-12 was designed to measure general health status from the patient's point of view (12 questions are asking to the patients) and the PEDT questionnaire is a self-assessment questionnaire to diagnose premature ejaculation (5 questions are asking to the patients).

Interventional GP : GP trainned in communication skillsUsual care : GP did not trainnd in communication skills

Total attentionOTHER

Total attention of the GP to approach the subject of premature ejaculation during all the consultation