Sexual dysfunction among Ghanaian men presenting with various medical conditions

Table 5 Pearson product moment correlation coefficient between SD including the 7 subscales of the GRISS (N = 102)

Variables	DUR	EDU	SMK	ALC	EXR	SD	IMP	IFQ	NC	DISS	AVD	NS	PE
Age	0.90***	0.09	-0.02	-0.05	0.14	0.29**	0.17	0.25*	0.24*	0.28**	-0.01	-0.04	0.03
Duration (DUR)		0.17	0.00	-0.10	0.20	0.15	0.04	0.19	0.14	0.16	0.01	-0.07	0.01
Educational level (EDU)			0.24*	0.05	0.00	0.03	0.02	0.00	0.01	0.12	-0.07	0.02	-0.05
Smoking (SMK)				0.16	0.28**	-0.03	0.03	0.08	-0.16	-0.02	-0.05	-0.12	-0.03
Alcohol consumption(ALC)					0.28**	0.08	0.16	0.05	-0.07	-0.08	0.19	-0.02	-0.12
Exercise (EXR)						0.14	0.17**	0.17**	0.01	0.04	0.11	-0.05	0.12
SD (SD)							0.67***	0.48***	0.43***	0.57***	0.50***	0.50***	0.62***
Impotence (IMP)								0.23**	0.17**	0.20*	0.30***	0.28***	0.44***
Infrequency (IFQ)									0.07	0.28**	0.12	0.15	0.36***
Non-communication (NC)										0.26**	0.00	0.09	0.23*
Dissatisfaction (DISS)											0.10	0.16*	0.18*
Avoidance (AVD)												0.11	0.38***
Non-sensuality (NS)													0.19*

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed), **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2- tailed),***Correlation is significant at the 0.001level (2-tailed). Boldface r = Pearson product moment correlation coefficient with a medium size (0.30 ≤ r ≥ 0.50) effect: boldface and underline r = Pearson product moment correlation coefficient with a large size(r > 0.50) effect, PE = Premature ejaculation.

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