Table 3 Factors associated with use of specific erectile dysfunction treatments after prostate cancer treatment/management

Time post-treatment:

3 months

1.88–3.27

< 0.001

0.09–0.40

< 0.001

0.23–0.78

0.006

6 months

1.63–2.27

< 0.001

0.49–1.44

0.530

0.80–2.27

0.260

12 months

reference

-

reference

-

reference

-

2 years

0.39–0.87

0.008

1.00–3.77

0.051

0.12–1.22

0.104

5 + years

0.15–0.30

< 0.001

0.40–1.42

0.386

0.06–0.42

< 0.001

Age at diagnosis:

< 60 years

reference

-

reference

-

reference

-

60–69 years

0.24–0.54

< 0.001

0.28–1.16

0.122

0.19–1.04

0.062

70–79 years

0.05–0.13

< 0.001

0.09–0.58

0.002

0.02–0.26

< 0.001

≥ 80 years

0.00–0.05

< 0.001

0.00–1.03

0.052

Treatment received before completing PROMS (yes v no):

Radical prostatectomy

2.92–6.42

< 0.001

3.81–49.7

< 0.001

6.55–49.2

< 0.001

Radiation therapy

0.32–0.73

0.001

0.42–2.15

0.897

0.03–0.54

0.005

Hormone therapy

0.12–0.58

0.001

0.18–3.13

0.691

0.08–6.58

0.765

Observation*

0.43–1.11

0.125

0.25–2.22

0.590

0.10–2.11

0.312

PSA at diagnosis:

<4 ng/mL

reference

-

reference

-

reference

-

4–10 ng/mL

0.36–0.92

0.020

0.33–2.32

0.797

0.26–2.58

0.732

> 10 ng/mL

0.16–0.49

< 0.001

0.36–3.24

0.9

0.27–3.78

0.978

Gleason score:

≤ 6

reference

-

reference

-

reference

-

7

0.96–2.28

0.076

0.94–5.89

0.067

0.58–12.2

0.209

8–10

0.35–1.10

0.103

0.57–5.72

0.312

0.23–10.8

0.640

Geographic location:

Major city/outer urban

reference

-

reference

-

reference

-

Outer Regional

0.58–1.58

0.869

1.05–7.35

0.040

0.70–5.83

0.196

Remote/Very remote

0.66–2.68

0.426

0.66–9.90

0.172

Socioeconomic Status (quintiles):

Most disadvantaged Q1

reference

-

reference

-

reference

-

Q2

0.87–2.41

0.152

0.33–2.92

0.969

0.48–6.64

0.392

Q3

0.76–2.23

0.345

0.21–2.51

0.620

0.21–4.33

0.945

Q4

1.01–2.80

0.047

1.08–8.68

0.035

0.41–6.02

0.504

Most advantaged Q5

1.47–3.93

< 0.001

0.84–6.81

0.104

0.29–4.30

0.877

Continence score:

per 10 pt score increase

1.01–1.13

0.020

0.92–1.15

0.642

0.87–1.13

0.933

Body mass index:

Healthy

reference

-

reference

-

reference

-

Overweight

1.07–2.15

0.018

0.41–1.68

0.613

0.51–3.44

0.558

Obese

0.47–1.05

0.084

0.43–2.07

0.889

0.32–2.85

0.929

Smoking status:

Never smoked

-

-

reference

-

reference

-

Past smoker

0.58–1.01

0.061

0.50–1.57

0.684

0.36–1.52

0.415

Current smoker

0.38–1.21

0.191

0.68–5.26

0.224

0.06–2.10

0.256

Depression symptoms

Small-large v none/very small problem

0.27–0.84

0.011

0.15–1.76

0.290

0.52–7.68

0.313