The global online sexuality survey (GOSS): the United States of America in 2011 chapter III--premature ejaculation among English-speaking male Internet users.

Abstract

We read with great interest the recently published manuscript on premature ejaculation (PE), based on the global online sexual survey (GOSS) [ 1 Shaeer O. The global online sexuality survey (GOSS): The United States of America in 2011 Chapter III—Premature ejaculation among English‐speaking male Internet users. J Sex Med. 2013; 10: 1882-1888 Crossref PubMed Scopus (31) Google Scholar ]. Similar in scope to other papers published from the observational Internet‐based, cross‐sectional GOSS data [ 2 Shaeer O. Shaeer K. Shaeer E. The global online sexuality survey (GOSS): Female sexual dysfunction among Internet users in the reproductive age group in the Middle East. J Sex Med. 2012; 9: 411-424 Crossref PubMed Scopus (51) Google Scholar , 3 Shaeer O. Shaeer K. The global online sexuality survey (GOSS): Ejaculatory function, penile anatomy, and contraceptive usage among Arabic‐speaking Internet users in the Middle East. J Sex Med. 2012; 9: 425-433 Crossref PubMed Scopus (31) Google Scholar , 4 Shaeer O. Shaeer K. The global online sexuality survey (GOSS): Erectile dysfunction among Arabic‐speaking Internet users in the Middle East. J Sex Med. 2011; 8: 2152-2160 Crossref PubMed Scopus (47) Google Scholar ], this study focuses on determining the prevalence of erectile dysfunction and PE among English‐speaking “Internet users.” Through application of The Premature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool (PEDT), the author reported that 49.6% of the subjects were diagnosed as having PE, while through application of the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) definition of lifelong PE, a prevalence of 6.3% was reported.