title: [Sexual medicine in daily practice : Germany-wide questionnaire of urologists].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sexual-related problems are very prevalent. Physicians of different disciplines are frequently contacted by men with those problems.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to investigate the situation of sexual medicine in daily practice and to evaluate German urologists' need for further training in this field with a focus on gender-specific differences.
  
  
  METHODS
  A five-page questionnaire included questions about sexual medicine in daily practice. A focus was set on physicians dealing with sexual medicine in daily practice and their need for further training in this field. In April/Mai 2015, questionnaires were sent per mail to 5955 urologists, urology residents and andrologists throughout Germany. The questionnaire was developed based on previously published studies and a pretest was performed to evaluate comprehensibility. A χ2test was performed to determine significant gender-specific differences; for this propose response options were dichotomised. P values ≤0.05 were considered significant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The response rate was 16.0%, representing 955 questionnaires. A total of 50 questionnaires from non-urologists were excluded, so 905 questionnaires were analysed. The mean age was 47.7 ± 10.4 years, 78.9% were male, 97.0% had studied in Germany, 86.7% were specialists and 37.7% had further qualification in andrology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results emphasize the need for further training in sexual medicine, especially for female physicians. This study underlines the demand for advanced qualification in sexual medicine.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, München, Deutschland.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schloegl
authors.affiliation: Andrologicum, München, Deutschland.
authors.forename: F-M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Koehn
authors.affiliation: Institut für Sexualwissenschaft und Sexualmedizin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Deutschland.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Beier
authors.affiliation: Praxis für Sexualmedizin, Kiel, Deutschland.
authors.forename: H A G
authors.initials: HAG
authors.lastname: Bosinski
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, München, Deutschland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dinkel
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, München, Deutschland.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Gschwend
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, München, Deutschland. kathleen.herkommer@tum.de.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Herkommer
mesh_terms: D033441:Andrology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018456:Reproductive Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000072178:Urologists / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Advanced qualification; Gender dysphoria; Paraphilias; Sexual dysfunctions; Sexual medicine