T09-O-41 Premature ejaculation among 1,110 university students

Objective To study the prevalence and risk factors of premature ejaculation (PE) among university students. Design and method The study was carried among Finnish university students, aged 18-35 years, who entitled to health care services provided by the Finnish Student Health Service. The sample size was 5,030 students of whom 45.7% were male. The study material was gathered by means of postal questionnaire. The response rate was 49.2% for males. The final number of the males was 1,110. The comprehensive questionnaire included questions about students’ physical, mental and social health, aspects of health behaviour, external factors affecting health and health behaviour, and use of health services. The presence of PE was determined by asking if the student had suffered from too rapid ( Results The prevalence of PE was 8.1 %. 33% of the students with and 21% without PE used a lot of alcohol (Audit score >10)(p=0.0099). 11% of the PE students and 5% of non-PE students had erectile dysfunction (p=0.0089). 53% of PE students and 39% of non-PE students lived together with their patner (p=0.0094). No other statistically meaningful associations between studied variables and PE were found. Conclusions PE is a frequent complaint also among young males. The associations between alcohol and PE as well as ED and PE observed in this study may be consequences rather than causes of PE.