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Decreased semen quality may have adverse effects on male sexual function. However, it is also likely that many of these sequences do not play a direct role, those negative consequences may depend mainly on the later failed attempting pregnancy. Research is limited in this area.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>This cross-sectional study was based on a group of 509 men who were assessed for couple\u2019s infertility at the First Hospital of Jilin University between June 2021 and October 2021. All the men completed a comprehensive questionnaire, and then were divided in two groups. Group A included patients who either never received a routine infertility work-up or done so recently within the last 6\u2009months. Group B included patients who previously received a sperm quality assessment at least 6\u2009months or more prior. Patients were further categorized into three subgroups according to the severity of the decreases in their sperm parameters: severe, mild-moderate, and normozoospermic.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The prevalence of erectile dysfunction was higher in Group B Mild-Moderate and Group B Severe in comparison to Group A (OR=1.86 [1.07\u20133.24], <jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>= 0.027; OR=5.312 [2.69\u201310.49], <jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.001, respectively). No significant differences were found between Group A and Group B-normozoospermic. Similar results were observed in the prevalence of premature ejaculation between the groups. Timed intercourse was seen in 11.8% (20\/170) of men in Group A and 16.2% (19\/117) in Group B-normozoospermic. It was\u00a0more commonly practiced\u00a0among infertile men in Group B-Mild-Moderate and Group B Severe, as 28.2% (44\/156) and 25.7% (17\/66) of these couples had attempted to conceive through timed intercourse (<jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.001).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Our findings indicate that the severity of sperm quality impairment was negatively associated with sexual dysfunction only in infertile men who with known impairment of sperm quality for a long period. Timed intercourse was more common among these couples. For those individuals had never test their sperm quality, although more than half of these patients showed a decrease in sperm quality, the incidence of sexual dysfunction is relatively low and were comparable to those men examined previously known as normozoospermic.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12958-022-01010-4","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,16]],"date-time":"2022-09-16T10:04:54Z","timestamp":1663322694000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["High incidence of sexual dysfunction and timed intercourse was found only in infertile males who with known impairment of sperm quality for a long period: evidence from a hospital-based cross-sectional study"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Xiaowei","family":"Yu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Songling","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Linjiao","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiao Yuan","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qun","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"1010_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"395","DOI":"10.1111\/andr.12160","volume":"4","author":"S Bechoua","year":"2016","unstructured":"Bechoua S, Hamamah S, Scalici E. 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