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KMID : 0367020030150040563
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Journal of Korean Academic of Adult Nursing
2003 Volume.15 No. 4 p.563 ~ p.572
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Study on Smoking and Sexual Satisfaction of Male Adults
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Shin Sung-Rae
Chang Sung-Ok
Suh Kyung-Hyun
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Abstract
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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 t o 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 t o 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.
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