Study on Smoking and Sexual Satisfaction of Male Adults.
- Author:
Sung Rae SHIN
1
;
Sung Ok CHANG
;
Kyung Hyun SUH
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Sahmyook University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Smoking;
Smoking cessation;
Sexual satisfaction
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adult*;
Arizona;
Education;
Humans;
Internet;
Korea;
Male*;
Newspapers;
Orgasm;
Periodicals;
Smoke*;
Smoking Cessation;
Smoking*;
Tobacco Products
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Adult Nursing
2003;15(4):563-572
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study aimed to compare differences on sexual satisfaction between non-smokers and smokers of Korean adult males. METHOD: The subjects of this study were 304 current smokers and 331 current non-smokers(stop smokers, never smokers) (58.0%). Because of the nature of the study, the participants were recruited through a home page advertisement of a brand newspaper company in Korea, and the survey was done through Internet system. The tool to measure participant's sexual satisfaction was adopted from the Arizona Sexual Experience Scale-Male. RESULT: Participant's age ranged from 20 to 49, mostly in their 30s-40s(96.1%). They were smoking average of 15 cigarettes per day. There were no significant difference on sexual satisfaction between current smokers and non- smokers(t=-.55, p>.05). However, there were significant difference on sexual satisfaction between ever smokers(n=481) and never smokers(n=154) (t=2.10, p<.05). There were significant differences an erectile and orgasm satisfaction according to number of cigarettes they smoked per day. 54.5% smokers who said that they have difficulty in keeping erectile state considered on smoking cessation within 30 days whereas 24.2% in those who said that keeping erectile state was easy. CONCLUSION: Informing about the high risk of sexual dysfunction with cigarette smoking should become a important part of smoking cessation education and for smoking adolescents.
