Evaluation of Time Perception in Individuals with Lifelong Premature Ejaculation

Year 2024, Volume: 19 Issue: 2, 61 - 67, 29.06.2024

Serkan Aksu , Harun Bal , Hüseyin Tarhan , Hasan Deliktaş , Hayrettin Şahin

https://doi.org/10.33719/nju1413874

Abstract

Objective: Premature Ejaculation (PE) is a common sexual disorder that considerably affects sexual satisfaction, subjective well-being, and quality of life. A clear picture of the pathophysiology of PE has still not been determined. Current research has revealed the involvement of the central nervous system. Alterations in frontal cerebral structures and a discrepancy between the reported and objectively measured intravaginal ejaculatory latency times both point to a possible alteration of time perception. The present study aimed to assess the time perception between individuals with lifelong PE and healthy individuals.
Material and Methods: 24 individuals with lifelong PE and 24 healthy volunteers were recruited. Participants were administered both clinical measures and a time perception test battery including time interval estimation tests and time interval production tests for 4,7,32 and 58-second time intervals.
Results: Lower predictions for 4-second time intervals were found in individuals with lifelong PE than in healthy controls. No differences were found for 7,32 and 58-second time intervals. The Premature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool scores correlated negatively with the 4-second and 32-second time interval predictions.
Conclusion: The present results indicate a time perception deficit for short intervals in individuals with lifelong PE for the first time. This might be due to a working memory/executive function deficit or disruption of frontal functions on account of impulsivity. A specific deficit in time perception deficit might also occur. Further studies assessing other frontal functions concomitantly are required to draw firm conclusions.

Keywords

Cognitive functions, premature ejaculation, sexual disorders, time perception

Ethical Statement

Muğla Sitki Koçman University / Faculty of Medicine (25.12.2022 Decision No: 91).

Supporting Institution

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

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