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Secondary objectives were to assess the impact of\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PE<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      on female sexual quality of life, to assess the presence of sexual problems of the male partner, and to evaluate the prevalence and characteristics of comorbidities.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Adult women aged 18 to 80\u00a0years old, sexually active, were randomly sampled from the patient lists of General Practitioners in Italy and were included in this observational, non\u2010interventional, cross\u2010sectional epidemiological study. Subjects were asked to fill: a general questionnaire regarding anthropometric data, lifestyle, marital status, education, occupation, economic conditions, general health status, comorbidities, and sexual habits; the Sexual Quality of Life Questionnaire\u2010Female (\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SQ<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      oL\u2010F); the Female Sexual Distress Scale (\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FSDS<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      \u2010R\u2010\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PE<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      ); the Self\u2010rating Depression Scale (\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SDS<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      ); and Self\u2010rating Anxiety Scale (\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SAS<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      ). In addition, females reported about their partner's ejaculation time and the presence of sexual dysfunctions.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 3,104 women were included. Mean age was 45.1\u00a0years. Woman with\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PE<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      partners presented a higher percentage of sexual dysfunction and reported more anxiety compared with female partners of men not affected from\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PE<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      (42.69% vs. 20.56% and 30.95% vs. 15,34%, respectively). In addition, they referred more sexual dysfunction in their partners. Hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, arthritis, heart diseases, thyroid disease, a history of menopause, or hysterectomy resulted in significantly more prevalence in women with\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PE<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      partners.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion and conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Female partners of\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PE<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      patients present an increased prevalence of sexual distress, a reduced quality of sexual life, and an increased anxiety score when compared to women whose partners are not affected from\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PE<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      .\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/andr.12545","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,8,18]],"date-time":"2018-08-18T00:34:52Z","timestamp":1534552492000},"page":"714-719","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["General and sex profile of women with partner affected by premature ejaculation: results of a large observational, non\u2010interventional, cross\u2010sectional, epidemiological study (\n                    <scp>IPER<\/scp>\n                    \u2010F)"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"P.","family":"Verze","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosciences Sciences of Reproduction and Odontostomatology Urology Unit University of Naples \u201cFederico II\u201d Naples Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5282-2335","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"D.","family":"Arcaniolo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Urology Unit Department of Woman, Child and General and Specialized Surgery University of Campania \u201cL. 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